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Rotational grazing

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005577

Grazing two or more pastures or parts of a range in regular order, with definite recovery periods between grazing periods. Where only two fields are involved, sometimes called alternate grazing. Contrasts with continuous grazing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005577
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
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 alsoGrazing
TranslationsSpanish: pastoreo de rotación
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005577",
  "term": "Rotational grazing",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Grazing two or more pastures or parts of a range in regular order, with definite recovery periods between grazing periods. Where only two fields are involved, sometimes called alternate grazing. Contrasts with continuous grazing.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "grazing"
  ],
  "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": "pastoreo de rotación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/rotational-grazing/"
}

Record 5,500 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.