grazing herds

Pasture-feeding animals

Grazing herds are groups of animals that feed on grass and other vegetation in open land.

The phrase typically refers to cattle, sheep, or other livestock moving across pastures, though it applies equally to wild animals like bison or wildebeest: Grazing herds dotted the hillside.

The image evokes pastoral landscapes and traditional agriculture.

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meadow · sheep · rangeland · open range · prairie · flock · bovine · ranch · roaming · pastoral · savanna · bison · wandering · droving · animal husbandry · ruminating · chewing cud · cud

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land use pattern

grazing herdsfactory farms

Industrial-scale animal production sites

intensive agriculture · fallow land · vertical farms

animal grouping and movement

grazing herdssolitary animals

Species living independently, not grouped

battery hens

Family

graze, grazed, grazer, grazers, grazes, grassing, grass, grassy, grassland

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