mixed farm
Crops and livestock
A mixed farm combines crop cultivation with livestock raising, rather than specializing in one or the other.
The integration often creates efficiencies—animals graze on crop residues, manure fertilizes fields.
They ran a mixed farm with wheat, corn, and about fifty head of cattle.
Once the norm, mixed farms have become less common as industrial agriculture favors specialization.
- smallholdingSmall cultivated land parcel
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
pasture · barn · hay bales · hayfield · poultry · free range · chicken coop · market garden · dairy · dairy cows · cattle · pigs · sheep · chickens · pig pen · rotation · harvest · tractor
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Single-crop agricultural system
factory farm · industrial farm · cattle ranch · dairy farm · wheat farm
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