livestock rearing
Raising farm animals
Livestock rearing is the practice of raising animals for agricultural purposes—meat, milk, eggs, wool, or labor.
The term encompasses everything from small-scale family farms to industrial operations: Livestock rearing has been the community's primary livelihood for generations.
Rearing emphasizes the nurturing aspect of animal husbandry, from birth through maturity.
- camelsHumped desert mammals
- draft animalsLivestock used for hauling
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
veterinary care · free range · meat · fodder · subsistence farming · intensive farming · disease prevention · pigs · manure · local markets · market day · milk · grazing land · wool · vaccination programs · poultry · animal husbandry · eggs
livestock rearingcrop cultivation
Growing food plants deliberately
crop farming · horticulture · grain farming · cereal production · tillage
livestock rearingmanufacturing
Industrial product creation
industrial production · service sector · office work · factory work · technology sector