Hi  WillFR130 

Tagging is difficult, especially in the UK, where we assume the use of English words for tags, mean what they state.

Generally it good advice to  map using the wiki.

In the UK farmland is generally split into two types, Arable Farming and Pastoral Farming. Unfortunately during the evolution of OSM we ended with (arguably) confusing tags. I believe because for much of the world grazing animals roam across open areas, and not the dense network of fields found in NorthWest Europe.

Arable Farming land is mapped as..
landuse=farmland
crop=(type)

Pastoral Farming land is mapped as..
landuse=meadow
meadow=pasture

Your fields are used for Pastoral Farming, and should be mapped as such. It's common in the UK for Pastoral Farmers to cut the grass (for silage etc) a few times during the summer. But it should still fall under Pastoral Farming.

So tag the fields as
landuse=meadow
meadow=pasture

Have a look at the following three wiki pages.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse=farmyard?uselang=en-GB

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dfarmland

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dmeadow

It can be useful to also add the hedges, but be careful to make sure they are broken up and don't create an area.

Also helpful on farm to map track and service roads, and add the access key if known.
eg access=private.
Problem with with walkers using maps being routed along private tracks missing access rules.

Jass Kurn




