stockbreeder
Raises farm animals
A stockbreeder is someone who raises livestock for breeding purposes, selecting animals for desirable traits and managing reproduction to improve herds or flocks.
The term applies to those who breed cattle, horses, sheep, or other farm animals professionally: The stockbreeder had spent decades developing her prize-winning line of Herefords.
One who raises livestock
- cattlemanOne who raises bovines
- herdsmanOne tending livestock
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
swineherd · dairyman · stockman · grazier · drover · veterinarian · farrier · animal husbandry
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
herd · flock · bovine · ovine · caprine · porcine · equine · dairy
Record of descent
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- selectionChosen item or items
- crossbreedingMating unlike organisms
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
hybridization · linebreeding · outcrossing · inbreeding · sire · dam · progeny · traits
rancher
One who raises livestock
pastoralist · swineherd · dairyman · stockman · grazier · drover · veterinarian · farrier · animal husbandry · gaucho
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
poultry · herd · flock · bovine · ovine · caprine · porcine · equine · dairy · beef
pedigree
Record of descent
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
- selectionChosen item or items
- crossbreedingMating unlike organisms
purebred · hybridization · linebreeding · outcrossing · inbreeding · sire · dam · progeny · traits · phenotype
pasture
Grazing ground for livestock
hay · fodder · manure · fencing · watering · vaccination · deworming · branding · tagging · shearing
- Outbackoutback, station, red sand, cattle station, dust storm
stockbreederbutcher
One who sells cuts
slaughterman · slaughterer · meatpacker · knacker · meat packer
stockbreedercrop farmer
One who cultivates plants
horticulturist · orchardist · viticulturist · market gardener