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Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulates as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for cattle and sheep. It is still used to some degree. Advances in managed intensive grazing (MIG), and improvements in fence technology, led to renewed interest in grazing in the 1990s.Pasture growth can consist of grasses, legumes, or a mixture. Alfalfa, clover, and birdsfoot trefoil are legumes that are used in intensive pasture management. Many grasses, including native grasses, bluegrass, orchardgrass , and reed canarygrass are used, depending upon conditions, of which soil type, minimum annual temperatureTemperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of "hot" and "cold"; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. General description The formal properties of temperature are studied in thermodynamics., and rainfall amount are most important.
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