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Extensive farming

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002363

A system of raising crops and animals, usually on large parcels of land, where a comparatively small amount of production inputs or labor are used per acre. Compare intensive farming.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002363
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFarms, Agricultural Production Systems
Synonymsextensive agriculture
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoFarming systems; Free range husbandry; Grass-fed livestock; Ranching
TranslationsSpanish: agricultura extensiva
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002363",
  "term": "Extensive farming",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A system of raising crops and animals, usually on large parcels of land, where a comparatively small amount of production inputs or labor are used per acre. Compare intensive farming.",
  "synonyms": [
    "extensive agriculture"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "farming systems",
    "free range husbandry",
    "grass-fed livestock",
    "ranching"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "agricultura extensiva"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/extensive-farming/"
}

Record 2,339 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.