Dairy Dictionary Irrigation   The replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. Irrigation sources include a nearby or distant body of water such as a river, spring, lake, aquifer, well or snowpack. The water can be directly channeled to the fields or stored in a reservoir for later use. Select a Dairy Term Below Antibiotic Factory Farm Milking Shorthorn Artificial Insemination (AI) Family Farm Nutrient Management Plan Ayrshire Forage Organic Milk Biotechnology Freestall Barn Pasteurization Bovine Fresh Cow Pasture Brown Swiss Guernsey Pesticides Bulk Tank Hay Processing Plant Bull Heifer Raw Milk Butter Herd rBGH or rbST Butterfat Holstein Replacement Heifers Calf Homogenization Rumen Casein Hoof Trimmer Ruminant Cloning Hormone Runoff Colostrum Hutch Silage Compost Irrigation Silo Cream Jersey Skim Milk Cud Lactation Somatic Cell Count (SCC) Curd Lagoon Teat Dairy Dictionary Mastitis TMR (Total Mixed Rations) Dairy Nutritionist Methane Digester Udder Dry Cows Milking Machines Veterinarian Ear Tag Milking Parlor Whey