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Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agricultural production. In more humid regions for pasture grazing is exploited extensively for free range and organic farming. Advances in managed intensive grazing (MIG), and improvements in fence technology, led to renewed interest in grazing in the 1990s^{[citation needed]}.

Pasture growth can consist of grasses, legumes, other forbs, shrubs or a mixture. soil type, minimum annual temperature, and rainfall are important factors in pasture management.

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 [[Image:Fillmore.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Cattle herd grazing in pasture.]]
-'''Pasture''' is land with [[herb]]aceous vegetation cover used for grazing of [[ungulate]] [[livestock]] as part of a [[farm]] or [[ranch]]. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as [[cattle]] and [[horse]]s. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agriculturalproduction. In more humid regions for pasture grazing is exploited extensively for [[free range]] and [[organic farming]]. Advances in [[managed intensive grazing]] (MIG), and improvements in [[fence]] technology, led to renewed interest in grazing in the 1990s{{Fact|date=May 2007}}.
+'''Pasture''' is land with [[herb]]aceous vegetation cover used for grazing of [[ungulate]] [[livestock]] as part of a [[farm]] or [[ranch]]. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as [[cattle]] and [[horse]]s. It is still used extensively, particularly in arid regions where pasture land is unsuitable for any other agricultural production. In more humid regions for pasture grazing is exploited extensively for [[free range]] and [[organic farming]]. Advances in [[managed intensive grazing]] (MIG), and improvements in [[fence]] technology, led to renewed interest in grazing in the 1990s{{Fact|date=May 2007}}.
 Pasture growth can consist of [[Poaceae|grass]]es, [[legume]]s, other forbs, shrubs or a mixture. [[soil]] type, minimum annual [[temperature]], and [[rainfall]] are important factors in pasture management.