Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. A(n herb (ˈhɝb or /ˈɝb/ see pronunciation differences) is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties flavor scent or the like Ungulates (meaning roughly "being Hoofed quot or "hoofed animal" are several groups of Mammals most of which use the tips of their toes usually Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agricultural production. In more humid regions, pasture grazing is exploited extensively for free range and organic farming. Free range is a method of Farming Husbandry where the Animals are allowed to roam freely instead of being contained in any manner Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation

Pasture growth can consist of grasses, legumes, other forbs, shrubs or a mixture. Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. A legume is a Plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae or a Fruit of these specific plants Forbs are Herbaceous Flowering plants that are not Graminoids ( grasses, sedges and rushes) Soil type, minimum annual temperature, and rainfall are important factors in pasture management. Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago Illinois United States founded by Shaun Glass Tom Schofield Tim King and Adam Zadel Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to

See also

• Transhumance
• Coastal plain
• Farm
• Field
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Flood-meadow
• Grassland
• Machair
• Meadow
• Plain
• Plateau
• Prairie
• Rangeland
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Water-meadow
• Wet meadow
• Veld

Transhumance is a term with two accepted usages Older sources use transhumance for vertical seasonal Livestock movement typically to higher A coastal plain is an area of flat low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock In Agriculture, a field refers generally to an area of Land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as Cultivating crops Flooded grasslands and savannas are a Biome, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes where which are flooded seasonally or year-round A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of Grassland or Pasture beside a River, subject to seasonal Flooding. Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody This article is about a geographic landform For the TV series see Machair (TV series The Gaelic word machair or machar refers to a fertile A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by Grass and other non- Woody plants. In Geography, a plain is an area of land with relatively low relief — meaning that it is flat In Geology and Earth science, a plateau, also called a high plateau or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically A savanna or savannah is a Tropical or Subtropical Grassland or Woodland Ecosystem. In physical Geography, a steppe ( German, from степь - "a flat and arid land" степ - /stɛp/ тал - tal дала - /dɑlɑ/ pronounced A water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of Grassland subject to controlled Irrigation to increase Agricultural productivity A wet meadow is a semi- Wetland Meadow which is saturated with Water throughout much of the year The term Veld, or Veldt, refers primarily (but not exclusively to the wide open rural spaces of South Africa or southern Africa and in particular to certain

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