Pasture
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2008-06-23T05:19:22Z
Una Smith
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/* See also */ potrero
[[Image:Fillmore.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Cattle herd grazing in pasture.]]
'''Pasture''' is land with [[herb]]aceous vegetation cover used for grazing of [[ungulate]] [[livestock]] as part of a [[farm]] or [[ranch]]. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as [[cattle]] and [[horse]]s. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agricultural production. In more humid regions, pasture grazing is exploited extensively for [[free range]] and [[organic farming]].
Pasture growth can consist of [[Poaceae|grass]]es, [[legume]]s, other [[forb]]s, shrubs or a mixture. [[Soil]] type, minimum annual [[temperature]], and [[rainfall]] are important factors in pasture management.
==See also==
*[[Potrero]]
*[[Transhumance]]
*[[Coastal plain]]
*[[Farm]]
*[[Field (agriculture)|Field]]
*[[Flooded grasslands and savannas]]
*[[Flood-meadow]]
*[[Grassland]]
*[[Machair (geography)|Machair]]
*[[Meadow]]
*[[Plain]]
*[[Plateau]]
*[[Prairie]]
*[[Rangeland]]
*[[Savanna]]
*[[Steppe]]
*[[Water-meadow]]
*[[Wet meadow]]
*[[Veld]]
[[Category:Crops]]
[[Category:Livestock]]
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[[da:Overdrev]]
[[de:Weide (Grünland)]]
[[et:Karjamaa]]
[[fr:Prairie (agriculture)]]
[[is:Beitiland]]
[[it:Pascolo]]
[[lt:Ganykla]]
[[mk:Пасиште]]
[[nl:Weiland]]
[[ja:牧草]]
[[no:Beite]]
[[pl:Pastwisko]]
[[pt:Pasto]]
[[ro:Păşune]]
[[qu:Michiy]]
[[ru:Пастбище]]
[[simple:Pasture]]
[[wa:Waide]]