Glossary
| Term | Explanation | Synonym / Example |
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| Resistance | Ability to withstand stress, effect of disease or toxic substance. | |
| Rootstock | A root or part of a root used as a stock for plant propagation. | |
| Rotational grazing |
Rotational grazing is periodically moving livestock to fresh paddocks, to allow pastures to re-grow. Rotational grazing requires skillful decisions and close monitoring of their consequences.
Source: The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service – www.attra.ncat.org |
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| Ruminant | Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Rumina ntia, such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments (rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasums) and chewing a cud consisting of regurgitated, partially digested food. |
For example cow, sheep, goats, etc.
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