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{{Short description|Area of land used for agricultural purposes}}File:Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Blanca, Cardejón, España, 2012-09-01, DD 02.JPG|thumb|right|275px|A field of sunflowers in CardejónCardejónFile:Field in Kärkölä.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A field of rapeseeds in KärköläKärköläIn agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops or as a paddock or other enclosure for livestock. A field may also be an area left to lie fallow or as arable land.WEB, Agriculture {{!, Peer reviewed Journal |url=https://www.openaccessjournals.com/journals/agriculture.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.openaccessjournals.com}}Many farms have a field border, usually composed of a strip of shrubs and vegetation, used to provide food and cover necessary for the survival of wildlife. It has been found that these borders may lead to an increased variety of animals and plants in the area, but also in some cases a decreased yield of crops.WEB, Carpenter, Brent, Dailey, Thomas V., Jones-Farrand, D. Todd, Pierce, Robert A., White, Bill, Field Borders for Agronomic, Economic and Wildlife Benefits,extension.missouri.edu/p/g9421, missouri.edu, Curators of the University of Missouri, 1 November 2015, 28 October 2015,extension.missouri.edu/p/g9421," title="web.archive.org/web/20151028020017extension.missouri.edu/p/g9421,">web.archive.org/web/20151028020017extension.missouri.edu/p/g9421, dead,

Paddock

File:NRCSMO02014 - Missouri (4753)(NRCS Photo Gallery).tif|thumb|Rotational grazingRotational grazing File:Black_sheep_on_paddock_with_Lake_Rotorua_in_the_background.jpg|left|thumb|A Black sheep on a New Zealand paddock with Lake RotoruaLake RotoruaIn Australian and New Zealand English, any agricultural field may be called a paddock, especially if for keeping sheep or cattle. If stock are grazed there, the space may be called a run, e.g. sheep run; cattle run.The Macquarie Dictionary run n. Def. 113 The term paddock is used more specifically in animal husbandry for a system in which grazing land is divided into small areas, paddocks, and the stock graze each paddock in turn for a short period. Paddock grazing systems may be designed with, for example, 6 or 11 paddocks used in rotation.JOURNAL, Bertelsen, B. S., Faulkner, D. B., Buskirk, D. D., Castree, J. W., Beef cattle performance and forage characteristics of continuous, 6-paddock, and 11-paddock grazing systems, Journal of Animal Science, 71, 6, 1993-06-01, 10.2527/1993.7161381x, 1381–1389, A paddock is normally fenced, usually by wire, and often defined by its natural boundaries, or is otherwise considered distinct. A back paddock is a smaller field that is situated away from the farm house; possibly land of lesser quality.definition of ‘B-1’, part of Australia Decoded at artistwd.com The equivalent concept in North America and the UK is a pasture.In Australia the word seems to have had its current meaning since at least 1807WEB,nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627437, Classified Advertising - The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) - 12 Apr 1807, Trove, 2017-04-13, and in New Zealand since at least 1842.WEB,paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18420819.2.10, MR. SUTTON’S JOURNAL. (Continued from Number 4.) (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 1842-08-19), paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand, en, 2017-04-13, However, the English meaning of “field” was used earlier in AustraliaWEB,nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625825, HOT WINDS. - The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) - 16 Oct 1803, Trove, 2017-04-13, and is still occasionally used.WEB,nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139964640, A SUMMER SANS - Woroni (Canberra, ACT : 1950 - 2007) - 1 Feb 2007, Trove, 2017-04-13, Similarly, meadow was in early useWEB,nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625472, NAMBOURG. - The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) - 26 Mar 1803, Trove, 2017-04-13, and has appeared later, for example, in 2004.WEB,nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140064476, TASMANIAN TRIBULATIONS - Woroni (Canberra, ACT : 1950 - 2007) - 16 Feb 2004, Trove, 2017-04-13, Field remains in regular use in Australasia in expressions such as football field, Field Day and field trip.In a new style of intensive farming developed in North America, a paddock is a small (perhaps 1 acre) temporary subdivision of a pasture made with electric fencing, which is intensely grazed for a day and then left to rest for perhaps 80 days or more.WEB,vimeo.com/80518559, SOIL CARBON COWBOYS, Byck, Peter, 27 November 2013, Vimeo,

Image gallery

File:Cows in green field - nullamunjie olive grove.jpg|A green field or paddock with Hereford cattleFile:Field Hamois Belgium Luc Viatour.jpg|A summer fieldFile:Spring fields Mallorca.jpg|Spring fields with trees, Majorca, Spain, 2004File:2016 Pornainen 27.jpg|A combine harvester on the field, Pornainen, Finland, 2016File:Moforlogiaagrária.jpg|Sown fields in an open field system of farmingFile:Vincent Willem van Gogh 041.jpg|Wheat Field Under Clouded Sky by Vincent van Gogh, July 1890File:Paddy field of near Gingee Fort.jpg|Paddy field

See also

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• Acre
• Coastal plain
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Flood-meadow
• Grassland
• Hectare
• Meadow
• Morgen
• Paddy field
• Pasture
• Plain
• Plateau
• Prairie
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Veld
• Vineyard
• Water-meadow
• Wet meadow

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