Pastures and Grazing

6. Soil that is rich in nutrients
9. Stock are rotated around paddocks on a farm in one group.
10. Parts of the plant remaining after harvesting, which are usually ploughed back into the soil
14. Plants related to peas, which can store nitrogen in soil
15. Moderate climate all year round
16. Eaten – Taken into an animals mouth
17. An essential nutrient for plant growth, provided by legumes.

1. A herb sometimes used to increase drought resistance and nutrition in mixed pasture.
2. Crop that is grown to be fed to stock.
3. A type of legume commonly used in NZ pasture.
4. To eat grass or other plants that are growing in a field, pasture, etc
5. Grass that has been cut and stored wet, allowing it to ferment.
7. Stock are held between 2 electric fences and moved 2-3 times a day up the paddock.
8. A mixture of grasses and clovers grown for animal nutrition
11. The fibre/nutrient part of the grass (if water was removed).
12. A grass that continues growing for many years
13. Few stock are kept on large areas of pasture for extended periods.