grazing pastures

Where cattle feed

Grazing pastures are areas of land covered with grass or other vegetation where livestock such as cattle, sheep, or horses feed.

The term is somewhat redundant since pastures are by definition land used for grazing, but the phrase emphasizes the active use of the land for animal feeding rather than hay production or other purposes.

The ranch maintained several hundred acres of grazing pastures for their beef cattle.

Related

reseeding · cow · grass fed · cattle drive · meadow · cattle · grassland · sustainable farming · water retention · alpine meadows · carrying capacity · overgrazing · erosion control · herd · carbon sequestration · horses · free range · savanna

Opposites
agricultural land use

grazing pasturescropland

Land for growing produce

arable land · wheat fields · corn fields · orchards · vineyards

livestock feeding method

grazing pasturesfeedlots

Cattle finishing facilities

factory farms · livestock pens · battery cages · cattle pens · barns

land development status

grazing pasturesurban areas

Developed, populated regions

industrial zones · city blocks · built environment · parking lots · commercial districts

Family

pasture, graze

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