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Pasture management

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004750

The application of practices to keep pasture plants growing actively over as long a period as possible so that they will provide palatable feed of high nutritive value; to encourage the growth of desirable grasses and legumes while crowding out weeds, brush, and inferior grasses.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004750
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
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 management; Grazing management; Pastures
TranslationsSpanish: manejo de pasto
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004750",
  "term": "Pasture management",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The application of practices to keep pasture plants growing actively over as long a period as possible so that they will provide palatable feed of high nutritive value; to encourage the growth of desirable grasses and legumes while crowding out weeds, brush, and inferior grasses.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "land management",
    "grazing management",
    "pastures"
  ],
  "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": "manejo de pasto"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pasture-management/"
}

Record 4,685 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.