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More about this list The sixteenth entry is la modulation intraparcellaire , and the noun at the front of it is doing ordinary work in French that « modulation » cannot do in English. For an English reader the word belongs to three narrow places: a change of key in music, a rise and fall in a speaking voice, and a carrier wave in radio. Nothing in any of them suggests fertiliser. Moduler , in French, simply means to vary a quantity by degrees instead of applying one figure everywhere, and the verb is at home in departments that have never met a sound wave. Moduler les aides is to scale a subsidy to the case; moduler une peine is to fit a sentence to the offender; moduler ses horaires is to stagger working hours; un tarif modulé changes with the season. So the entry says something unremarkable in its own language: the rate is varied inside the field rather than held flat across it. Write « intra-field modulation » in a report and a radio engineer walks in; the term of art is « variable rate application ».
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Noun (m) (16)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
le tracteur the tractor Noun (m) C2 Le tracteur avance au pas dans la parcelle humide. The tractor creeps across the wet field.
l’attelage trois points the three-point linkage Noun (m) C2 L’attelage trois points relève l’outil en bout de champ. The three-point linkage lifts the implement at the headland.
l’outil porté the mounted implement Noun (m) C2 L’outil porté repose entièrement sur le tracteur. A mounted implement rests entirely on the tractor.
le contrôle d’effort draft control Noun (m) C2 Le contrôle d’effort règle la profondeur tout seul. Draft control adjusts the working depth on its own.
le tassement du sol soil compaction Noun (m) C2 Le tassement du sol se voit encore des années après. Soil compaction is still visible years afterwards.
le télégonflage central tyre inflation Noun (m) C2 Le télégonflage abaisse la pression avant d’entrer au champ. Central tyre inflation lowers the pressure before entering the field.
le travail simplifié du sol reduced tillage Noun (m) C2 Le travail simplifié du sol laisse les résidus en surface. Reduced tillage leaves the residues on the surface.
le semis direct direct drilling Noun (m) C2 Le semis direct se fait sans labour préalable. Direct drilling is done without ploughing first.
le semoir the seed drill Noun (m) C2 Le semoir dépose la graine à profondeur constante. The seed drill places the seed at a constant depth.
le tambour batteur the threshing drum Noun (m) C2 Le tambour batteur tourne plus lentement pour les grosses graines. The threshing drum turns more slowly for large seeds.
l’humidimètre the moisture meter Noun (m) C2 L’humidimètre décide si la récolte part au séchoir. The moisture meter decides whether the crop goes to the drier.
le séchoir à grains the grain drier Noun (m) C2 Le séchoir à grains tourne jour et nuit en fin d’été. The grain drier runs day and night at the end of summer.
le silo-couloir the bunker silo Noun (m) C2 Le silo-couloir est tassé au fur et à mesure. The bunker silo is packed down as it is filled.
le bilan des éléments fertilisants the nutrient balance Noun (m) C2 Le bilan des éléments fertilisants se tient par parcelle. The nutrient balance is kept field by field.
l’autoguidage automatic steering Noun (m) C2 L’autoguidage tient la ligne mieux qu’une main fatiguée. Automatic steering holds the line better than a tired hand.
le robot agricole the field robot Noun (m) C2 Le robot agricole désherbe entre les rangs. The field robot hoes the weeds between the rows.
Noun (f) (14)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
la prise de force the power take-off Noun (f) C2 La prise de force entraîne la machine attelée. The power take-off drives the implement behind.
la circulation en voies fixes controlled traffic farming Noun (f) C2 La circulation en voies fixes garde les roues sur les mêmes traces. Controlled traffic farming keeps the wheels in the same tracks.
la charrue the plough Noun (f) C2 La charrue retourne la terre sur toute la largeur. The plough turns the earth over across its full width.
la densité de semis the seed rate Noun (f) C2 La densité de semis change avec la date. The seed rate changes with the sowing date.
l’agriculture de précision precision farming Noun (f) C2 L’agriculture de précision traite chaque zone à part. Precision farming treats each zone separately.
la carte de rendement the yield map Noun (f) C2 La carte de rendement sort de la moissonneuse. The yield map comes out of the combine.
la modulation intraparcellaire variable rate application Noun (f) C2 La modulation intraparcellaire économise de l’engrais aux endroits pauvres. Variable rate application saves fertiliser on the poor patches.
la rampe de pulvérisation the spray boom Noun (f) C2 La rampe de pulvérisation se replie pour la route. The spray boom folds up for the road.
la dérive de pulvérisation spray drift Noun (f) C2 La dérive de pulvérisation augmente avec le vent. Spray drift increases with the wind.
la moissonneuse-batteuse the combine harvester Noun (f) C2 La moissonneuse-batteuse coupe et bat en un seul passage. The combine harvester cuts and threshes in one pass.
la barre de coupe the cutter bar Noun (f) C2 La barre de coupe suit le relief du sol. The cutter bar follows the lie of the ground.
la perte de grain grain loss Noun (f) C2 La perte de grain se mesure derrière la machine. Grain loss is measured behind the machine.
l’ensileuse the forage harvester Noun (f) C2 L’ensileuse hache la plante entière. The forage harvester chops the whole plant.
la tonne à lisier the slurry tanker Noun (f) C2 La tonne à lisier travaille avec un pendillard. The slurry tanker works with a trailing hose.
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