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Hectare

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

/ˈhekter/nounCore term

In agriculture, hectare means: A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, or ten decares; the standard unit for land and yields in international agriculture.

In Turkish: hektar

How it is used

Written 'ha'. Farm sizes, seeding rates, fertilizer rates and yields are given per hectare: '5 t/ha', '200 kg N/ha'. American texts also use acres; one hectare is about 2.47 acres.

Example sentences

  1. The farm covers 120 hectares, mostly wheat and sunflower.

  2. Irrigated maize here yields around 12 tonnes per hectare.

Common collocations

  • per hectare
  • tonnes per hectare
  • hectares of land
  • a 50-hectare farm
  • yieldThe amount of crop, milk or other product obtained from a given area or animal, usually given as tonnes per hectare or kilograms per decare.
  • arable landLand that is plowed or cultivated and used for growing annual crops such as cereals, vegetables or fodder crops.
  • seeding rateThe amount of seed sown per unit of area, given as kilograms per hectare or as number of seeds per square meter or hectare.
  • smallholderA farmer who works a small area of land, often a few hectares or less, mainly with family labor and limited capital.
  • direct paymentMoney paid by the government straight to farmers, often per hectare of land, to support their income rather than the price of a product.

More terms: Crop Production

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