Farming can be classified (grouped) according to what it grows and how it is grown
- Arable: Crops
- Pastoral: Animals
- Mixed: Crops and animals
- Subsistence: Grown just for the farmer and his family
- Commercial: Grown to sell
- Intensive: High inputs of labour or capital ususally small
- Extensive: Low inputs of labour or capital
- Sedentary: Permanently in in one place
- Nomadic: The farmers move around to find new areas to farm
This video explains the different types of farming
Farming System
Farms are systems with inputs, processes and outputs
- Inputs: Money, labour, soil, climate, drainage, fertiliser, fuel
- Processes: Planting, ploughing, spraying, harvesting, shearing, milking
- Outputs: Milk, cereals, eggs, wool, meat, hay, waste material
