Commercial Agriculture Regions and Fishing

Chapter 10 section 7 and 8

Terms/Concepts

• Mixed Crop and Livestock• Dairy Farming• Milkshed• Grain Farming• Livestock Ranching• Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming• Truck Farming• Mediterranean Agriculture• Aquaculture (aquafarming)• Overfishing

Commercial Agriculture

• Six Types: – Mixed Crop and Livestock– Dairy Farming– Grain Farming– Livestock Ranching– Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming– Mediterranean Agriculture

• The type of agricultural farming is largely influenced by climate

Mixed Crop and Livestock

• The integration of crops and livestock– Maize (corn) most common– Most crops are fed to animals rather

than consumed by humans– Most land is devoted to growing crops

but ¾ of money made from sale of animal products

• Typically involve crop rotation- the practice of rotating different crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil

Diary Farming

• Most important agriculture practiced near large urban areas–Must be closer to market

because food spoils easier–Milkshed- the ring

surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling

Grain Farming

• Located in areas too dry for mixed crop or livestock farming (great plains)– Grown for consumption by humans

primarily–Wheat is most important- low risk of

spoilage

Livestock Ranching

• Ranching- the commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area– Practiced on semiarid or arid land where

land cannot support crops– Today part of the meat-processing

industry

Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming

• Predominate in the U.S. Southeast- due to long growing season and humid climate– Called truck farming

Mediterranean Agriculture

• Primarily located on land that border the Mediterranean Sea and other places with similar climate– California, central Chile, and

Southwestern part of South Africa, and Southwestern Australia• Most important crops are olives and grapes

Fishing

• Aquaculture (aquafarming)- the cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions

• Overfishing- capturing of fish faster than they can reproduce

Terms/Concepts

• Mixed Crop and Livestock• Dairy Farming• Milkshed• Grain Farming• Livestock Ranching• Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming• Truck Farming• Mediterranean Agriculture• Aquaculture (aquafarming)• Overfishing