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A farm is the basic unit in agriculture Agriculture

Farming redirects here. For Farming in computer games, see Farmer [i]. ... 

. It is a section of land devoted to the production and management of food, either produce Produce

[i], generally limited to [[fruit]... 

 or livestock Livestock

Livestock [i] is the term used to refer to a domesticated [i] animal [i] intentionally reared in an agricult ... 

. It may be an enterprise Business

In economics [i], business is the social science [i] of managing people [i] to organize and m ... 

 owned and operated by a single individual, family, or community, or it may be owned by a corporation or company. A farm can be a holding of any size from a fraction of a hectare to several thousand hectares. An enterprise producing tree fruits or nuts is called an orchard Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of tree [i]s or shrub [i]s maintained for food [i] production [i] ... 

; a vineyard Vineyard

A vineyard is a place where grape [i]s are grown for making wine [i], raisin [i]s, or table grape [i]s. ... 

is an enterprise producing raisins, wine or table grapes. The stable Stable

A stable is a building [i] in which livestock [i], usually horse [i]s, are kept. ... 

is used for operations principally involved in the production of horses and other animals and livestock.

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A farm is the basic unit in agriculture Agriculture

Farming redirects here. For Farming in computer games, see Farmer [i].
... 

. It is a section of land devoted to the production and management of food, either produce Produce

[i], generally limited to [[fruit]... 

 or livestock Livestock

Livestock [i] is the term used to refer to a domesticated [i] animal [i] intentionally reared in an agricult ... 

.

It may be an enterprise Business

In economics [i], business is the social science [i] of managing people [i] to organize and m ... 

 owned and operated by a single individual, family, or community, or it may be owned by a corporation or company. A farm can be a holding of any size from a fraction of a hectare to several thousand hectares.

An enterprise producing tree fruits or nuts is called an orchard Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of tree [i]s or shrub [i]s maintained for food [i] production [i] ... 

; a vineyard Vineyard

A vineyard is a place where grape [i]s are grown for making wine [i], raisin [i]s, or table grape [i]s.... 

is an enterprise producing raisins, wine or table grapes. The stable Stable

A stable is a building [i] in which livestock [i], usually horse [i]s, are kept. ... 

is used for operations principally involved in the production of horses and other animals and livestock.
A farm that is primarily used for the production of milk and dairy is a dairy farm.
A market garden Market gardening

In agriculture [i], market gardening is the relatively small-scale production of fruit [i]s, vegetable [i] ... 

or truck farm is a farm that raises vegetables, but little or no grain.

History of farming




The word farm has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon Old English language

Old English is an early form of the English language [i] that was spoken in parts of what is now England [i] ... 

 word feorm, which relates to provisioning and food supply, and was originally indicative of a form of taxation, whereby goods or monetary equivalents were liable to the king. Over time, this taxation was translated into a form of rental tax.

The development of farming and farms was an important component in establishing town Town

A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it... 

s. Once people have moved from hunting and/or gathering and from simple horticulture to active farming, social arrangements of roads, distribution, collection, and marketing can evolve. With the exception of plantation Plantation

A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal... 

s and colonial farms, farm sizes tend to be small in newly-settled lands and to extend as transportation and markets become sophisticated. Farming rights have been the central tenet of a number of revolutions, wars of liberation, and post-colonial economics.

British Isles and Europe


In the UK, farm as an agricultural unit, always denotes the area of pasture and other fields together with its farmhouse and farmyard, barns, cowsheds, stables, etc.
In England England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

 there is a vague point when a large farm ceases to be referred to as a farm and becomes an estate; although this term can refer to a collection of farms in the same ownership.

North America




The land and buildings of a farm are called the farmstead.
Enterprises where livestock are raised on rangeland Rangeland

[i]... 

 are called ranch Ranch

A Ranch is an area of landscape, including buildings and structures, given primarily to the grazing of l... 

es
. Where livestock Livestock

Livestock [i] is the term used to refer to a domesticated [i] animal [i] intentionally reared in an agricult ... 

 are raised in confinement on feed produced elsewhere, the term feedlot Feedlot

A feedlot or feedyard is a type of concentrated animal feeding operation [i] which is used for fattening ... 

is usually used.

Australia

Farming is a significant economic sector in Australia. A farm is an area of land used for primary production which will include buildings.

Where most of the income is from some other employment, and the farm is really an expanded residence, the term hobby farm is common. This will allow sufficient size for recreational use but be very unlikely to produce sufficient income to be self-sustaining. Hobby farms are commonly around 5 acres but may be much larger depending upon land prices .

Often very small farms used for intensive primary production are referred to by the specialisation they are being used for, such as a dairy rather than a dairy farm, a piggery, a market garden, etc. This also applies to feedlots, which are specifically developed to a single purpose and are often not able to be used for more general purpose farming practices.

In remote areas farms can become quite large. As with estates in England, there is no defined size or method of operation at which a large farm becomes a station.

Regardless of size, the term station is only used for farms where the main activity is grazing. Some cotton farms in north-western New South Wales New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia [i]'s most populous state [i], located ... 

 or south-western Queensland Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia [i], in the north-east of the country. ... 

 have been formed by combining previous sheep stations once sufficient water has become available to allow cotton to be grown.

See also

  • Agriculture Agriculture

    Farming redirects here. For Farming in computer games, see Farmer [i].

... 


  • Smallholding

Vehicles and implements used for farming

  • Farm equipment Farm equipment

    Farm equipment is any kind of machinery [i] used on a farm [i] to help with farming [i]. ... 




  • Baler Baler

    A baler is a piece of farm [i] machinery that is used to compress a cut, raked, crop [i] int... 

  • Combine harvester Combine harvester

    The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests, threshes [i], and ... 

  • Farm tractor Tractor

    A tractor is a device intended for drawing, towing or pulling something which cannot propel itself and, ... 

  • Mower Mower

    A mower is a device for cutting crops or plants that grow on the ground.... 

  • Pickup truck Pickup truck

    A pickup truck or pick-up is a light motor vehicle [i] with an open-top rear cargo area.

... 


  • Plough Plough

    The plough is a tool [i] used in farming [i] for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing ... 



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