Sentence examples for predominantly arable from inspiring English sources

The land is predominantly arable, and the farmsteads are traditionally grouped into villages, which may be irregularly clustered or, as in Lorraine, linear in form.

On this predominantly arable side of the parish, overlooked by the skyline of Caradon, Stowes Hill, Sharp Tor and Kilmar, cultivation of next year's crops began well before the quarter day of Michaelmas.

The Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research ZALFF) has developed the concept of 'nature-conservation set-aside', especially for landscapes that are under predominantly arable use.

These are required on predominantly arable farms, however, Defra's (2014) implementation of the revised CAP means that miscanthus and SRC will not count as crops that provide environmental benefits under the 'greening' rules.

The species also thrives in rural locations; based on UK Ladybird Survey data, 19% of the 1-km squares with H. axyridis records were predominantly arable or horticultural land (Brown, 2010).

For all regions, sustainable intensification of cropping, predominantly on existing arable lands, is the best way forward.

The area is predominantly agricultural, with particular abundance of arable land, and it presents shrub vegetation and agricultural areas integrated with natural areas.

As perennial crops, miscanthus and SRC represent a departure from normal cropping patterns on UK arable farms which are predominantly based around annual crops grown in rotation to ensure good soil and crop health and performance.

Six rare arable plant species were recorded, predominantly from plots, and the plots are considered to perform comparably to other agri-environment options available in England designed specifically for arable plants.

The arable phase in the crop rotations consisted predominantly of maize.

Buntings Emberiza strongly selected seeded ryegrass plots, where they fed predominantly on ryegrass Lolium seed and maintained body weights similar to those on high-quality arable wintering habitats.