HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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commercial farming.
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mixed crop and livestock farming.
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agribusiness.
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mechanized farming.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Finally, in commercial agriculture there is a close relationship between agriculture and other businesses. This is not the case in subsistence agriculture. In developed countries the system of commercial farming is called agribusiness because farming is integrated into a large food production industry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which are the top 10 agriculture-producing States? The top 10 agriculture-producing States in terms of cash receipts in calendar year 2021 were (in descending order): California, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Texas was by far the leading U.S. state in terms of total number of farms, with about 246 thousand farms by the end of 2022.
Detailed explanation-4: -Agribusiness is made up of three components mainly: the agricultural input sector, the production sector and the processing-manufacturing sector. It is worthy to note the interrelatedness of each component because they are highly dependent on each other.