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Agricultural land

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000177

Land used primarily for the production of farm commodities. The categories of "agricultural land" are: cropland and pasture; orchards, groves, vineyards, bush fruits, and horticultural areas (such as nurseries); feeding operations; and other.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000177
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFarms, Agricultural Production Systems
Synonymsfarm land; farmed land; farmland
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLand; Foodshed; Land use; Agricultural landscapes; Common land unit; Agriculture; Farms; Agricultural runoff; Conservation Security Program; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; Farmland preservation; Farmland Protection Program; Land retirement; Farm area; Cropland; Fields; Pastures; Plantations
TranslationsSpanish: terreno agrícola
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000177",
  "term": "Agricultural land",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Land used primarily for the production of farm commodities. The categories of \"agricultural land\" are: cropland and pasture; orchards, groves, vineyards, bush fruits, and horticultural areas (such as nurseries); feeding operations; and other.",
  "synonyms": [
    "farm land",
    "farmed land",
    "farmland"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "land",
    "foodshed",
    "land use",
    "agricultural landscapes",
    "common land unit",
    "agriculture",
    "farms",
    "agricultural runoff",
    "Conservation Security Program",
    "Environmental Quality Incentives Program",
    "farmland preservation",
    "Farmland Protection Program",
    "land retirement",
    "farm area",
    "cropland",
    "fields",
    "pastures",
    "plantations"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "terreno agrícola"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/agricultural-land/"
}

Record 177 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.