Arable farming is farming that involves growing crops, not raising livestock. Commercial farming is growing crops for profit on a piece of arable land.
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all over the world .
Arable, livestock, market gardening, commercial farming
involves farming for a profit. The farmer is growing crops or rearing animals to sell for as much money as possible. These farms can be arable (just growing crops), pastoral (just rearing animals) or mixed (both arable and pastoral). Increasingly farms are becoming more mixed due to the impact of farming subsidies and regulations. Most of the farming in MEDC's is commercial farming of one type or another. The arable farms of East Anglia are a good example of commercial farming, as are the cereal farms of the central United States and the Canadian Prairies.
The four top characteristics of a commercial arable farm are defined by the method, market, crops and size. The methods of farming include using machinery and chemicals to produce a monoculture crop which is sold and ranges around 100 acres.
Arable farming is farming aimed at growing crops, whereas pastoral farming is aimed at raising livestock.
It's pastoral because it involves animals. Arable is with plants.
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The climate for arable farming is warn summers, and cold winters. Though it is mainly dry with plenty of sunshine.
The main difference between arable farming and sheep farming is that one can be mobile while the other is stationary. Arable farming uses land for growing crops, which are stationary, while sheep can graze among various pastures.
Channel farming is farming such as pastoral and arable on marshland surrounding a river .