Agriculture

Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). The practice of agriculture is also known as farming, while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements are also said to be engaged in agriculture.

Methods

There are various methods of agricultural production:

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• aeroponics
• aerial topdressing
• agricultural machinery
• animal husbandry
• aquaculture
• beekeeping
• crop rotation
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO, factory farming)
• composting
• dairy farming
• detasseling
• domestication
• fencing
• fertilizers
• greenhouse
• harvest
• heliciculture
• hybrid seed
• hydroponics
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• irrigation
• livestock
• market gardening
• monoculture
• no-till farming
• organic farming
• plant breeding
• pollination management
• precision farming
• ranching
• season extension
• seed saving
• shepherding
• subsistence farming
• succession planting
• sustainable agriculture
• terracing
• vegetable farming
• tillage
• weed control