Hill farming or terrace farming is an extensive farming in upland areas, primarily rearing sheep, although historically cattle were often reared extensively...
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Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers...
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Farming Simulator is a farming simulation video game series developed by GIANTS Software. The locations are based on American, European (and possibly Asian...
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Snowdonia (section Hill farming)
during the 20th and 21st centuries. The extensive farming of sheep remains central to Snowdonia's farming economy. Significant sections of the park were...
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Agriculture (redirect from Farming)
agriculture Contract farming Corporate farming Crofting Ecoagriculture Farmworker Food loss and waste Food security Hill farming List of documentary films...
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Animal husbandry (redirect from Pastoral farming)
animals were first domesticated, from around 13,000 BC onwards, predating farming of the first crops. By the time of early civilisations such as ancient...
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The Hill Farming Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed during the Labour government of Clement...
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lowland hills and small mountains. It is a mainly rural area, with mostly small villages and settlements (such as Powfoot). Fishing, hill farming, and some...
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Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with...
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Jumma people (category Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict)
slash-and-burn method rain forest & razed hill farming . They are also known as Pahari, which simply means "hill people". With the exception of the relatively...
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latifolia flowers from Northern Western Ghats of India". Indian Journal of Hill Farming. 33 (2): 261–266. "Mahuwah". India9.com. 2005-06-07. Retrieved 2013-11-21...
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authority on hill-farming. He was the first director of the Hill Farming Research Organisation and was a principle deviser of the Hill Farming Act 1946....
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depending on the area. Such events are particularly associated with hill farming areas, where sheep range widely on largely unfenced land. These trials...
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Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed. In its simplest form farmers gather from natural beds, while at...
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Liberal Democrats. In 2005 he founded the all-party parliamentary group on hill farming, of which he was still chair as of March 2015[update]. During Menzies...
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Agriculture in the United Kingdom (redirect from Farming in the UK)
yield, typically upland moors and hill farms, which explains the tendency to focus on sheep and sometimes dairy farming. In England, the eastern and southern...
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Trust—a national charity supporting the Herdwicks and other heritage sheep breeds Supporting Hill Farming The National Trust (archived from November 2011)...
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county in Wales, with a 19.5% increase. Tourism and agriculture, chiefly hill farming, are the most important industries. In addition, two universities are...
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North York Moors (redirect from Hills and moors of the North York Moors)
agriculture in Britain has suffered economic setbacks and the viability of hill farming has become questionable. A number of environmental schemes to improve...
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main settlement in Butterworth. Milnrow was primarily used for marginal hill farming during the Middle Ages, and its population did not increase much until...
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Dwyer Hill is a farming community in Rideau-Goulbourn Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located approximately 50 km southwest of downtown Ottawa and 30 km...
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uplands with shallow soils of low nutrient value which are suitable for hill farming. This area includes the valleys of the rivers Ebbw and Sirhowy to the...
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Grampian Mountains, Mounth hills and Five Glens of Angus, which is sparsely populated and where the main industry is hill farming. Glas Maol – the highest...
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Rothbury (section Rothbury Hills)
Reivers who attacked and burned the town with terrifying frequency. Hill farming has been a mainstay of the local economy for many generations. Names...
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Newtown and Welshpool. The main industries were agriculture (mainly hill farming) and tourism, though there was also some forestry and light manufacturing...
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wrote The Valley (published by Faber & Faber, 1969) an account of Welsh hill farming life in the valley between the two main periods of construction. Many...
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mean either "dairy farm in a hollow" or "in the holly". In addition to hill farming of sheep, lead mining and iron smelting was conducted in the mediæval...
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The Farming Game is a board game simulating the economics of a small farm. Published in 1979, it was designed by George Rohrbacher, a rancher in Washington...
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Agriculture in ancient Rome (redirect from Farming in Ancient Rome)
Roman agriculture describes the farming practices of ancient Rome, during a period of over 1000 years. From humble beginnings, the Roman Republic (509...
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Farming Today is a radio programme about food, farming, and the countryside broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. It is broadcast each weekday...
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