commercial farming
Farming for profit
Commercial farming is agriculture conducted primarily for profit rather than subsistence—growing crops or raising livestock to sell rather than to feed one's own household.
The term distinguishes large-scale, market-oriented operations from small family farms or subsistence agriculture: Commercial farming has transformed rural economies across the Midwest.
It implies mechanization, efficiency, and often monoculture.
- tractorAgricultural pulling vehicle
- harvest seasonPeriod for collecting crops
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- feed cornGrain grown for livestock
- plowTool for turning soil
commodity markets · land clearing · feedlot · crop rotation · irrigation · hired hands · wholesale distribution · cash crops · agribusiness · agricultural subsidies · farm bill · vertical integration · monoculture · global supply chains · food miles · supply chain · subsidies · trade tariffs
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, crop yields
- crop farmingharvesting, planting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer
- farming typesranching, livestock raising, cattle ranching, crop rotation, aquaculture
- pig farmingpigs, hogs, pork industry, sow, boar
- African farmingmaize, cassava, sorghum, millet, yams
- farming methodsintercropping, polyculture, companion planting, strip cropping, agroforestry
commercial farmingsubsistence farming
Growing food for household
subsistence agriculture · peasant farming · homesteading · family farming · smallholder farming
commercial farmingsmall-scale farming
Agriculture on limited land
artisanal farming · traditional farming · traditional agriculture · mixed farming
commercial farmingpermaculture
Sustainable ecosystem design method
organic farming · agroecology · natural farming · sustainable farming · sustainable agriculture