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What are some similarities and differences between corporate farms and mixed-crop farms?

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Mixed farming refers to simultaneous activities involving both crop and animals. The main purpose of a mixed farming system is to reduce external inputs (such as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and fuel) by obtaining the farm inputs from within the farm instead of outside the farm.

Within-farm inputs are obtained by recycling or reusing all farm wastes, so one activity of the farm supports another farm activity, which in turn supports another farm activity. In other words, every component (activity) in the farm supports one another. For example, a mixed farming system may have both fish and vegetables. The water from the fish pond is given to the vegetables (for water and nutrients, where the latter comes from fish wastes), and some of the vegetables are given to the fish as feed. This reduces external inputs.

A more diversified and complex mixed farming system may have fodder trees (to feed the livestock), animals (to provide fertilizers from manure and graze on weeds), and even a biodigester (to provide fuel from farm wastes). This creates a more closed, self sufficient system.

There is actually no "official" term "corporate farming", unlike the term "mixed farming". Corporate farming would mean a farm (or farms) that is run by a large corporation (instead of by a family or by a collective). This would also mean the corporate farming activities are typically large scale and intensive, where profit, efficiency, and productivity are heavily emphasized.

Mixed farming systems are typically run by families and in developing countries. A good example of a very successful mixed farming system is the CIPAV system (from Columbia) which is endorsed by FAO.

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I got that from Google to :/

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ya I looked it up does that help if not I can search more ?

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I want something more simple, if that's possible.

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I can try im only in 7th grade but im good at computers so...

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Same here.

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Mixed farming refers to simultaneous activities involving both crop and animals. The main purpose of a mixed farming system is to reduce external inputs

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Can you like give me 2 similarities, and like 2 differences. Please?

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Thank's, sorry if it so much trouble.

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Corporate farming


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Corporate farming is the business based on agriculture, specifically, what is seen by some as the practices of would-be[clarification needed] megacorporations involved in it. It is a modern food industry which encompasses the use of products for the company itself, and entire chain of agriculture-related business. The term also includes the influence of companies on education, research and public policy, through their educational funding and government lobbying efforts. "Corporate farming" may be used synonymously with "agribusiness" although "agribusiness" is also used to mean other things, and it is seen as the destroyer of the family farm.

"Corporate farming" is a fairly broad term that deals with the general practices and effects of a small number of large, global corporations that dominate the food industry. It does not refer simply to any incorporated agribusiness enterprise, although most farms today buy something from, or sell something to, big corporations.




Contents
[hide] 1 Contract farming
2 Corporate farm vs family farm
3 Effects ascribed to corporate farming
4 Sources
5 Further reading
6 External links


Contract farming[edit]

Contract farming is a form of vertical integration where the farmer is contractually bound to supply a given quantity and quality of product to a processing or marketing enterprise. The buyer agrees in advance to pay a certain price to the farmer and often provides technical advice and inputs (the cost of the inputs being deducted from the farmer's revenue once the product has been sold to the buyer). Contract farming has arguably not resulted so far in a significant improvement in the livelihoods of small farmers in developing countries because buyers generally prefer to deal with large-scale producers who are better placed to meet the stringent food quality and timeliness requirements.[1]

Corporate farm vs family farm[edit]

Main article: Family farm





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Farms are expensive to operate; input costs may include farm machinery, crop insurance, fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides, fuel, and seeds.

One major difference between independent farming and corporate farming is that a corporate farmer is usually a contracted employee, rather than the owner of the farm.

Although 14% of total food production comes from the two percent of all farms in the United States that are owned by corporations or other non-family entities, 50% of food production comes from the biggest two percent of all farms. In 1900, it came from 17% of all farms.[2]

Effects ascribed to corporate farming[edit]

Agriculture is an industry which provides significant economies of scale to large producers. Some of those include Archers Daniels Midland, Monsanto, Tyson and Del Monte. Bonanza farms were significant in the history of farming in the United States. Some crops are usually farmed in large plantations with many employees, to get those economies.

Sources[edit]

1.Jump up ^ Eaton, Charles and Andrew W. Shepherd. [1] "Contract Farming: Partnerships for Growth",Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
2.Jump up ^ USDA's "U.S. Farms: Numbers, Size, and Ownership"

Further reading[edit]
Corporate Agribusiness Research Project
Voices of the Family Farm
Project to Eliminate Factory Farming
Anti-Corporate Farming Laws in the Heartland law, history, and facts on anti-corporate farming laws in nine US states
Big Sugar and the Political Economy of US Agricultural Policy
Montgomery, David. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24870-8.

External links[edit]
Contract Farming Resource Center
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Corporate Farms




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just name 2 similarities please

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