crop production
Agricultural yield creation
Crop production is the cultivation of plants for food, fiber, fuel, or other uses.
The term encompasses the entire agricultural process—preparing soil, planting, tending, and harvesting.
It appears in discussions of farming economics, food security, and environmental impact: Global crop production must increase to feed a growing population.
- cerealsEdible cultivated grasses
- grain silosAgricultural bulk storage towers
- fertilizersSubstances enriching soil
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
rainfall · growing season · fruits · climate · agriculture · green manure · cover crops · intercropping · pesticides · seeds · vegetables · harvest · monoculture · pest control · germination · water · subsistence farming · mulching
- agribusinessagribusiness, farm, farms, corporate farms, factory farming
- South African farmingmaize, sheep farming, citrus, grain farming, grapes
- FFAFFA, chapter meetings, SAE, national convention, state convention
- land reformland reform, agrarian reform, land redistribution, land distribution, land seizures
- agroindustryfood processing, grain milling, meat packing, sugar refining, cotton ginning
crop productionlivestock raising
Breeding farm animals commercially
animal husbandry · cattle ranching · livestock farming · pastoralism · livestock production
crop productioncrop failure
When fields yield nothing
famine · blight · crop loss · barrenness · food waste
crop productionfallow land
Cropless soil regaining fertility
deforestation · desertification · urban development · industrialization · wilderness