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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > agricultural land > cropland > hayland
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > land resources > land > agricultural land > cropland > hayland
Preferred Term:

hayland

Definition:
A subcategory of cropland managed for the production of forage crops that are machine harvested. The crop may be grasses, legumes, or a combination of both. Hayland also includes land in set-aside or other short-term agricultural programs.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
cropland
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/333646
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-09-06, last modified 2019-11-25