Different types of farming

 

Dairy Farming: dairying, also called dairy farming, branch of agriculture that encompasses the breeding, raising, and utilization of dairy animals, primarily cows, for the production of milk and the various dairy products processed from it

Plantation farming: is the practice of clearing a large parcel of forest land and planting the desired crops in huge numbers on the cleared land. This type of farming helps in increasing the production of the desired produce and makes it easier to control the cultivation. A plantation is a large piece of land, especially in a tropical country, where crops such as rubber, coffee, tea, or sugar are grown banana plantations in Costa Rica. A plantation is a large number of trees that have been planted together.

Commercial grain farming: the production of crops and farm animals for sale, usually with the use of modern technology: commercial farming methods

Extensive agriculture, also known as commercial grain farming, involves cultivating grains such as wheat, rice, oats and maize for selling in the market.

Commercial mixed farming: the production of crops and farm animals for sale, usually with the use of modern technology: commercial farming methods, Mixed farming is a type of farming which involves both the growing of crops and the raising of livestock

Commercial farming includes commercial grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture.In commercial grain farming crops are grown for commercial purpose, is the production of crops for sale and is designed to produce crops for widespread distribution

Types of commercial farming:

Primitive subsistence farming.

Primitive subsistence agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, digging sticks, and family/ community labor. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown