mixed farming

Noun

Meaning

growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

culture husbandry agriculture farming cultivation hydroponics agroforestry agronomics geoponics truck farming sharecropping crop rotation agrodiversity companion planting combined crops
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Antonyms

destruction

Hypernyms

husbandry agriculture farming

Examples

Barriers to grain imports stimulated a return to mixed farming, and by 1938 Finland's farmers were able to meet roughly 90 percent of the domestic demand for grain. Source: Internet

Shifts in the agriculture economy from tobacco to mixed farming created less need for slaves' labor. Source: Internet

This is known as mixed farming, or the practice of crop cultivation with the incorporation of raising cattle, sheep and/or goats by the same economic entity, is increasingly common. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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