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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resource management > land management > pasture management
Preferred Term:

pasture management

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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land management
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/43784
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