The enclosed or clearly defined open space immediately adjacent to the main agricultural buildings of a farmstead. It serves as the primary staging ground for daily operations, including loading machinery, processing harvested crops, and temporarily holding livestock. The surface is heavily trafficked and often compacted, paved, or laid with gravel to withstand heavy tractors and trucks.
Heard on the job
Leave the combine parked in the farmyard tonight so the mechanics can grease the bearings first thing in the morning.
Also heard as
- yard
- steading
Do not mix it up with
- Barnyard: A barnyard specifically holds livestock adjacent to a barn, while a farmyard is the general operational hub for machinery and buildings.