intensive farming

high-yield

Producing substantial returns

• agribusinessCommercial farming sector
• mechanizationConverting to machine operation
• green revolutionMass turn toward sustainability

irrigation · fertilization · crop rotation · genetics · selective breeding · biotechnology · growth hormones · soil fertility · water management · feedlots

feedlots

Cattle finishing facilities

• battery cagesStacked wire hen enclosures
• poultry housesBuildings for domestic fowl
• pig farmsLivestock operations raising swine

cattle ranching · antibiotic use · animal welfare · overcrowding · waste lagoons · slaughterhouse · egg production · broiler chickens · confinement

pesticides

Chemicals destroying harmful organisms

• herbicidesChemicals that destroy unwanted plants
• insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
• fungicidesAgents that destroy molds

agrochemicals · fertilizers · spraying · glyphosate · pest management · residue · soil contamination · runoff · bioaccumulation · pollinator decline

cash crops

Plants grown for profit

• soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
• cornCereal grown on cobs
• wheatCereal crop for flour

rice · cotton · plantation · homogeneity · soil depletion · tillage · land use · deforestation · clearcutting · palm oil

aeroponics

Soilless growth via misting

• aquaponicsFish-plant water farming
• grow lightsIndoor horticultural illumination
• controlled environmentSpace with managed variables

greenhouse · climate control · substrate · urban agriculture

• agriculturefarms, crops, farmers, crop yields, cattle ranching
• aquaculturefish farms, aquaculture, fish ponds, shrimp farms, hatcheries
• cultivationplanting, propagation, grafting, cuttings, transplanting
• Factory Farmingfactory farms, feedlots, hog farms, poultry farms, battery cages
• farming methodsintercropping, polyculture, companion planting, strip cropping, agroforestry
• shrimp farmingprawns, hatchery, hatcheries, ponds, larvae