Pasture

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020371",
  "term": "Pasture",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Land used primarily for the production of domesticated forage plants for livestock (in contrast to rangeland, where vegetation is naturally-occurring and is dominated by grasses and perhaps shrubs.)\n\n2. Land on which animals feed directly on feed crops such as legumes, grasses, grain stubble, or stover.\n\n3. An open area where the animals may roam freely.\n\n4. Those improved lands that are primarily used for the production of adapted domesticated forage plants for livestock.\n\n5. Land used primarily for the production of domesticated forage plants for livestock (in contrast to rangeland, where vegetation is naturally occurring and is dominated by grasses and perhaps shrubs). Rotation pasture or cropland under winter cover crops is not included in this definition. The 1992 national resources inventory recorded 126 million acres of pastureland, 9 percent of all nonfederal rural lands.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "see_also": [
    "Pastureland"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "40 CFR 503.11 (CFR 2013)",
    "AgSTAR Handbook Glossary",
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Agriculture Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/pasture/"
}