field burning; burning stubble and dry grass
Agricultural practice of burning crop residue and dry grass in fields, often to clear land or return nutrients to the soil.
Some farmers burn their fields in early spring to enrich the soil.
Smoke from the field burning could be seen from afar.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana, also used.
Compound of 畑 (hatake, 'field') and 焼き (yaki, 'burning').