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| 6223251700 | Agribusiness | agriculture conducted on commercial principles, especially using advanced technology | 0 | |
| 6223251701 | Agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products | 1 | |
| 6223251702 | Aquaculture | also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants | 2 | |
| 6223251703 | Biotechnology | the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use | 3 | |
| 6223251704 | Boserup Hypothesis | influences the distribution of types of subsistence farming. It compels subsistence farmers to consider new farming approaches that produce enough food to take care of the additional people | 4 | |
| 6223251705 | Carl Sauer | was probably the most influential cultural geographer of the twentieth century | 5 | |
| 6223251706 | Cash Crop | an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm | 6 | |
| 6223251707 | Commercial Agriculture | generally commercial ag is the opposite of subsistence agriculture. In commercial agriculture the producer is farming with intent to sell some or even all of his/her production. They are participating in commerce, thus the name "commercial farming | 7 | |
| 6223251708 | Commodity Chain | a process used by firms to gather resources, transform them into goods or commodities, and finally, distribute them to consumers. It is a series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution and resulting in a commodity that is then exchanged on the world market | 8 | |
| 6223251709 | Contour Plowing | was a method of plowing furrows that follow the curves of the land rather than straight up and down slopes | 9 | |
| 6223251710 | Crop Rotation | a systematic approach to deciding which crop to plant where in your vegetable garden from one year to the next. The goals of crop rotation are to help manage soil fertility and also to help avoid or reduce problems with soilborne diseases and some soil-dwelling insects, such as corn rootworms | 10 | |
| 6223251711 | Dairying | the business of producing, storing, and distributing milk and its products | 11 | |
| 6223251712 | Domestication | to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame. 2. to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild | 12 | |
| 6223251713 | Double-cropping | in agriculture, multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land during a single growing season. It is a form of polyculture | 13 | |
| 6223251714 | Extensive Subsistence Agriculture | refers to an agricultural technique where a vast expanse of land is cultivated to yield minimal output of crops and animals for the primary consumption of the grower's family. The produce that is grown using this farming method is not sold in the market for monetary value | 14 | |
| 6223251715 | Fallow | plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production | 15 | |
| 6223251716 | Feedlot | an area or building where livestock are fed and fattened up | 16 | |
| 6223251717 | GMO | is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques (i.e. genetically engineered organism) | 17 | |
| 6223251718 | Green Revolution | refers to a set of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives occurring between the 1930s and the late 1960s | 18 | |
| 6223251719 | Horticulture | the art or practice of garden cultivation and management | 19 | |
| 6223251720 | Intensive Subsistence Agriculture | a form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum possible yield from a parcel of land | 20 | |
| 6223251721 | Intertillage | the clearing of rows in the field through the use of hoes, rakes, & other manual equipment | 21 | |
| 6223251722 | Livestock Ranching | the raising of domesticated animals for the production of meat and other byproducts such as leather and wool | 22 | |
| 6223251723 | Luxury Crops | non-subsistence crops such as tea, cacao, coffee, and tobacco | 23 | |
| 6223251724 | Market Gardening | a market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants | 24 | |
| 6223251725 | Mediterranean Agriculture | an agro-ecological strategy, an adjustment to particular climatic conditions in Mediterranean zones: mild, humid winter with no or very little frost, and a warm, dry summer | 25 | |
| 6223251726 | Milkshed | a region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand. It is an area geographically demarcated for the collection of milk or milk products | 26 | |
| 6223251727 | Neolithic Revolution | a fundamental change in the way people lived. The shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations | 27 | |
| 6223251728 | Pastoral Nomadism | pastoral nomads, who depend on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals. Most groups have focal sites that they occupy for considerable periods of the year. | 28 | |
| 6223251729 | Plantation | an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor | 29 | |
| 6223251730 | Ranching | a type of farm and an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool | 30 | |
| 6223251731 | Ridge-tilling | ridge-till. The soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for strips up to 1/3 of the row width. Planting is completed on the ridge and usually involves the removal of the top of the ridge. Planting is completed with sweeps, disk openers, coulters, or row cleaners | 31 | |
| 6223251732 | Shifting Cultivation | an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot | 32 | |
| 6223251733 | Slash-and-Burn (swidden) | an agricultural technique that involves the cutting and burning of plants in forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology. It is typically key in shifting cultivation agriculture, and in transhumance livestock herding | 33 | |
| 6223251734 | Subsidy | a benefit given by the government to groups or individuals usually in the form of a cash payment or tax reduction. The subsidy is usually given to remove some type of burden and is often considered to be in the interest of the public | 34 | |
| 6223251735 | Subsistence Agriculture | is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The output is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus for trade | 35 | |
| 6223251736 | Survey Patterns | metes and bounds survey patterns. physical features of the local geography, along with directions and distances, to define the boundaries of a particular piece of land. Township-and-Range. Survey's used west of Ohio. Sustainable Yield | 36 | |
| 6223251737 | Sustainable | in simplest terms, sustainable agriculture is the production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare | 37 | |
| 6223251738 | Thomas Malthus | The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography | 38 | |
| 6223251739 | Transhumance | the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer | 39 | |
| 6223251740 | Truck Farm | a farm where people grow vegetables that will be sold in the markets | 40 | |
| 6223251741 | Vertical Integration | the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies | 41 | |
| 6223251742 | Von Thünen's Model | early in the 19th century Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783-1850) developed a model of land use that showed how market processes could determine how land in different locations would be used. Von Thünen was a skilled farmer who was knowledgeable in economics |  | 42 |
