Field (agriculture)
A field of sunflowers in Cardejón, Spain
In agriculture, a field is an area of land, enclosed or otherwise, used for agricultural purposes such as:
- Cultivating crops
- Usage as a paddock or, generally, an enclosure of livestock
- Land left to lie fallow or as arable land
Language
In Australian and New Zealand English, any agricultural field may be called a paddock. If stock are grazed there, the space may be called a run, e.g. sheep run; cattle run.[1]
Gallery
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A green field or paddock with Hereford cattle
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A summer field
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Two women in a field
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Sown fields in an open field system of farming
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References
- ↑ The Macquarie Dictionary run n. Def. 113
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