Information about Field (agriculture)
In agriculture, a field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as:
- Cultivating crops
- Usage as a paddock or generally an enclosure of livestock
- Land left to lie fallow or as arable land
Language
In Australian and New Zealand English, any agricultural field may be called a paddock.See also
- Coastal plain
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Flood-meadow
- Grassland
- Meadow
- Pasture
- Plain
- Plateau
- Prairie
- Savanna
- Steppe
- Water-meadow
- Wet meadow
- Veld
Agriculture (from Agri Latin for ager ("a field"), and culture, from the Latin cultura "cultivation" in the strict sense of "tillage of the soil". A literal reading of the English word yields "tillage of the soil of a field".
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A crop is any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or for another economic purpose. This category includes crop species as well as agricultural techniques related to cropping.
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The term paddock may refer to
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- the name for an enclosure for livestock in British English
- in Australian and New Zealand English, the term can mean any field in the agricultural sense, as well as a playing field
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Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally) to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to make produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour.
Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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Crop rotation or Crop sequencing is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same space in sequential seasons for various benefits such as to avoid the build up of pathogens and pests that often occurs when one species is continuously cropped.
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arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops.
Of the earth's 148,000,000 km² (57 million square miles) of land, approximately 31,000,000 km² (12 million square miles) are arable;
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Of the earth's 148,000,000 km² (57 million square miles) of land, approximately 31,000,000 km² (12 million square miles) are arable;
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Australian English (AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia.[1]
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New Zealand English (NZE) is the English spoken in New Zealand.
New Zealand English - often colloquially referred to as Newzild - is close to Australian English in pronunciation, but has several subtle differences often overlooked by people from outside these
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New Zealand English - often colloquially referred to as Newzild - is close to Australian English in pronunciation, but has several subtle differences often overlooked by people from outside these
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English}}}
Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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A coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. One of the world's longest coastal plains is located in western South America.
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Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes, where which are flooded seasonally or year-round.
It is characterized by
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It is characterized by
- water : very wet
- temperature : warm
- soils : nutrient rich soil
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flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily
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Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica, and in many other areas they have replaced the natural vegetation due to human influence.
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meadow is a habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. Typically, what is called a meadow has more biodiversity than a grassland as the former contains not only grasses but a significant variety of annual, biennial and perennial plants.
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Pasture is land with herbaceous 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 horses.
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plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains. Plains are sometimes remnants of much larger features that are now largely eroded, such as mountains or volcanoes.
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plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat rural area.
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Prairie refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate.
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savanna or savannah is a tropical or subtropical woodland ecosystem. Savannas are characterised by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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steppe (Russian: степь - [sʲtʲepʲ], Ukrainian: степ
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A water-meadow (or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Water-meadows were common in Italy, Switzerland, and England (from 1523) but working water-meadows have now largely disappeared.
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wet meadow is a semi-wetland meadow which is saturated with water throughout much of the year. Wet meadows may occur because of poor drainage or the receipt of large amounts of water from rain or melted snow. They may also occur in riparian zones.
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Veldt, refers primarily (but not exclusively) to the wide open rural spaces of South Africa or southern Africa and in particular to certain flatter areas or districts covered in grass or low scrub. The word comes from the Afrikaans (ultimately from Dutch), literally meaning 'field'.
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