permanent pasture

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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pasture
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpɑːs.tʃər/us
/ˈpæs.tʃɚ/
grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandpasturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The fields have been inpermanentpastureunder long-term organic management, since 1988.
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It was assumed that all harvested cropland, cropland pasture andpermanentpastureshould be considered available for use in the model.
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Flies were trapped from fields which were used aspermanentpastureand either cut for silage or grazed intermittently by cattle or sheep.
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Historical data indicate that producers responded to the 1996 and 2002 legislation by converting some wheat base acres topermanentpasture.
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For example,permanentpastureprovides ideal habitat for badgers to forage for earthworms, and farm woodlands and hedgerows provide cover for their setts.
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Years ago, when the system was tilted in favour of the livestock farmer, at least three-quarters of the land would have beenpermanentpasture.
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Eighteen million acres are rough grazing, and 32 million acres consist of arable land, with a good bit of thatpermanentpasture.
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The sooner we can encourage farmers to plant permanent leys again and look after thepermanentpasture, the better.
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We are looking after whatpermanentpastureremains.
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Surely, the point is that it is a gain where it waspermanentpastureand has become a crop.
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It has been calculated that the bestpermanentpasturehas three times the value of the average, and 10 times the value of the poorest.
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Traditionally, most werepermanentpastureand upland hay meadows.
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If we want really goodpermanentpasture, we need a regime of mowing for hay at a late date without adding fertiliser.
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First, where there ispermanentpasturethere will be a good chance that the plovers will return.
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During the past century large areas under arable cultivation steadily passed intopermanentpasture, and a great change took place.
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That land, which is probablypermanentpasture, is cultivated land within the meaning of the schedule but is not included in the schedule.
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In our area, heath turns into scrub and woodland, downs can be chalk grassland,permanentpastureor short-term grassland.
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Good cultivation could not exist when second-rate and third-rate land was given over topermanentpasture.
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That includes tillage as well aspermanentpasture.
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We have 17 million acres of arable land and 11 million acres ofpermanentpasture.
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