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agricultural land
- Subject Category
- A Farms and Farming Systems
- P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Definition
- Land used primarily for the production of farm commodities. The categories of "agricultural land" are: cropland and pasture; orchards, groves, vineyards, bush fruits, and horticultural areas (such as nurseries); feeding operations; and other.
- Definition Source
- Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5367.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5367
- Used For
- farm land
- farmed land
- farmland
- Broader Term
- Farms and Farming Systems
- land
- Narrower Term
- cropland
- farm area
- fields
- pastures
- plantations
- Related Term
- agricultural landscapes
- agricultural runoff
- agriculture
- common land unit
- Conservation Security Program
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program
- farmland preservation
- Farmland Protection Program
- farms
- foodshed
- land retirement
- land use
- Spanish
- terreno agrícola
- Term Number
- 5367