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• Ley farming — is an agricultural system where the field is alternately seeded for grain and left fallow. Other name for the method is alternate husbandry .In ley farming, the field is alternately used for grain or other cash crops for a number of years and… …   Wikipedia

• ley-farming — ● ley farming nom masculin (anglais ley farming, culture en assolement) Système de culture dans lequel les prairies entrent pour plusieurs années en rotation avec des cultures annuelles …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• ley-farming — leyˈ farmˈing noun Pasturing and cropping in alternating periods • • • Main Entry: ↑lea leyˈ farming see under ↑lea2 • • • Main Entry: ↑ley …   Useful english dictionary

• ley farming — ˈlē , ˈlā noun Etymology: ley (II) : the growing of grass or legumes in rotation with grain or tilled crops as a soil conservation measure …   Useful english dictionary

• ley farming — noun chiefly Brit. the alternate growing of crops and grass …   English new terms dictionary

• ley farming — /ˈli famɪŋ/ (say lee fahming) noun the growing of grass or legumes in rotation with other crops as part of a soil conservation program. {variant of lea1} …  

• Farming Systems in India — File:Namgyal india 1.jpg Namgyal Monestary Institution India Shubham comprises various farming systems that are strategically utilized, according to the locations where they are most suitable. The farming systems that significantly contribute to… …   Wikipedia

• ley — 1. n. a field temporarily under grass. Phrases and idioms: ley farming alternate growing of crops and grass. Etymology: ME (orig. adj.), perh. f. OE, rel. to LAY(1), LIE(1) 2. n. the supposed straight line of a prehistoric track, usu. between… …   Useful english dictionary

• Organic farming — Agriculture General …   Wikipedia

• farm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ranch, rancho, plantation, farmstead, grange. See abode. v. cultivate, till. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plantation, ranch, homestead, field, grange, pasture, meadow, grassland, truck… …   English dictionary for students

• Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows …   Wikipedia