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Changes in livestock farming of Great Britain
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Livestock production has seen dramatic changes ___ the post-war years. Dairy farming is a good example to illustrate the nature ____ these changes. Between 1960 and 1980 the milk yields of cows increased ___ about 50%. A high-yielding cow can produce 40 liters ____milk in 24 hours. Many factors have led to higher yields and great efficiency ______ dairy farms.
The intensive methods used to rear pigs and poultry are so different …_____traditional farming practices. ______ both poultry and pig units, temperature, light and amounts of feed are automatically controlled
6. Find the missing words to fill the gaps in these sentences: crops, cows, harvest, labor force, picked up, pesticides, meadows.
Less than 2% of the British ____ is employed on farms. In the autumn, at _____ time, the ______ in the fields have to be gathered in and the fruit in the orchards has to be ______. In the Alps, ______ are kept indoors in winter and spend the summer in the ______. Pollution is caused when waste products or ________ contaminate the environment.
7. Make nouns ending “ er ” or “ or ” from these verbs: work, fertilize, visit, drive, clean, act, operate, manage, employ, speak, milk, garden, plant, harvest, farm, trade.
8. Translate the following noun + noun combinations.
Land shares, livestock inventories, fertilizer use, grain production, key production zone, oilseed crop, soil depletion, crop rotation practices, sugar beet production, hand labor, grain quality, soil moisture, on-farm storage capacity, debt burden, living standard
9. Decide whether these words are nouns or verbs.
Inventor, scientist, modernize, contribute, modernization, improvement, contribution, concentrate, variety, development, organize, illustrate, manager, management, illustration, modify, activity, identify, difference, coordination, specialize, refinement, modification, characterize, specialization, identification, concentration, specialist, coordinate, owner, fertilization, operate, contractor, utilization, fertilization, utilize, transportation, legislation, fertilize, application, requirement, container, adoption.
10. Writing composition. Possible composition titles:
1. Current farm problems in Ukraine.
2. Agriculture of Canada.
3. Special features of agriculture in the USA.
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