Subsistence and Commercial Farming

Farming and raising livestock for profit is called

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

• Arable farming

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

• Commercial farming

• Mixed farming

• Subsistence farming

When only crops are grown, we refer to this as _______

• Arable farming

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

Raising livestock provides people with meat, egg, milk products and leather

• True

• False

Which of these is a farming input?

• Tractor

• Ploughing the fields

• Milk

• Harvest

Which of these is a farming output?

• Tractor

• Milk

What is the most basic form of farming, usually run by a family who work their own land?

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

What is the main aim of commercial farming?

• Sell everything the farm produces

• Feed the farmer's family

• Protect the local environment

Arable farming is...

• growing crops

• raising livestock

Inputs into a farm are...

• things put into the farm, such as seeds

• activities or changes, such as irrigating the fields

• items produced by the farm, such as crops

• none of these options