Rural landscape vocabulary: het platteland (countryside/rural area), de boerderij (farm), het dorp (village), de wei or weide (meadow/pasture), het veld (field), het bos (forest/woods), de heide (heathland/moor), de sloot (drainage ditch — characteristic of Dutch polderland), de greppel (small ditch), de akker (arable field/cropland), de boomgaard (orchard), de kas (greenhouse — the Netherlands is the world’s second-largest agricultural exporter).
Farming vocabulary: de boer (farmer), de koe (cow), het melkvee (dairy cattle), de veeteelt (livestock farming), de akkerbouw (arable farming), de tuinbouw (horticulture/market gardening), de oogst (harvest), zaaien (to sow), oogsten (to harvest), bemesten (to fertilise), irrigeren (to irrigate), de tractor (tractor), de stal (stable/barn), de silo (silo). Dutch agriculture is remarkably intensive and technologically advanced for the country’s size.
Dutch agricultural products: de tulp (tulip — the Netherlands produces 80% of the world’s flower bulbs), de aardappel (potato), de suikerbiet (sugar beet), de tomaat (tomato — major export from glasshouses), de paprika (bell pepper), de ui (onion — a major Dutch export), de kaas (cheese), de boter (butter), het varkens- en rundvlees (pork and beef). The Greenport Westland near The Hague and the Aalsmeer flower auction are world-famous agricultural hubs.