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field burning

field burning


noun 
Definition:
 
fall burning of agricultural lands: the agricultural practice of burning off large fields and range pasture in the late summer and early fall in the southwestern, Midwestern, western, and Pacific Northwest areas of the United States in order to stimulate grass regrowth or clear the ground

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