Cropland

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001598",
  "term": "Cropland",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Land used primarily for the production of adapted cultivated and close-growing crops for harvest, alone or in association with sod crops, and open land recently in such uses. In some states land in fruit and nut trees, grapes, etc., is designated orchard land or vineyard land rather than \"cropland\".",
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "agricultural land",
    "land use",
    "cropping systems",
    "cropping sequence",
    "common land unit",
    "orchards",
    "vineyards",
    "hayland"
  ],
  "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": "tierra de cultivo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cropland/"
}