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Pasture

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCore term

In agriculture, pasture means: Land covered with grass and other plants where farm animals graze; also the plants growing on it.

In Turkish: mera, otlak

How it is used

Farmers put animals out to pasture, rotate pastures and talk about pasture quality and overgrazing. 'Meadow' is usually land where grass is cut for hay. In Turkey, many pastures are common land used by a whole village.

Example sentences

  1. The sheep stay on mountain pasture from June to September.

  2. Overgrazing has damaged most of the village pasture.

Common collocations

  • permanent pasture
  • graze on pasture
  • pasture management
  • rotational grazing
  • mountain pasture
  • foragePlant material such as grass, hay, alfalfa or silage that grazing animals eat, either in the field or after it has been cut and stored.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind, especially cattle, goats or buffalo, that live, feed and are managed together.
  • livestockAnimals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry that are kept on a farm for meat, milk, eggs, wool or work.
  • cattleCows, bulls, steers and calves considered as a group and kept for milk, meat or work.
  • arable landLand that is plowed or cultivated and used for growing annual crops such as cereals, vegetables or fodder crops.

More terms: Livestock

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