Agricultural Concepts and Practices

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Third Agricultural Revolution

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Created from science, research, and technology, includes expanded mechanization of farming, new agricultural systems, and information systems to advance agricultural practices.

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Green Revolution

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Advances in plant biology in the mid-20th century, development of higher yield, more disease-resistant plants.

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Hybridization

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The process of breeding two plants with desirable characteristics to produce a seed with both traits.

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Agriculture Machinery

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Includes tractors, tillers, and broadcast seeders.

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Bid-rent Theory

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Explains land costs for different types of agricultural activities.

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Capital Intensive Agriculture

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Types of agriculture that require the use of expensive machinery and other inputs; truck farming is an example.

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Labor Intensive Farming

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Farms that produce large quantities of vegetables and fruit, often relying on low-paid migrant workers.

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Factory Farming

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Capital intensive livestock operation where animals are kept in close quarters, bred, and fed in a controlled environment.

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Aquaculture

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Intensive farming of fish, shellfish, or water plants in netted areas, tanks, or other bodies of water.

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Double Cropping

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Planting and harvesting two or more crops per year on the same piece of land.