Mixed farming is a type offarming which involves both the growing ofcrops and the raising oflivestock.[1][2]Suchagriculture occurs acrossAsia and in countries such asIndia,Malaysia,Indonesia,Afghanistan,South Africa,China,Central Europe,Nordic countries,Canada, andRussia. Though at first[when?] it mainly served domestic consumption, countries such as the United States and Japan now use it for commercial purposes.[3]
The cultivation of crops alongside the rearing of animals formeat oreggs ormilk defines mixed farming.[4]For example, a mixed farm may growcereal crops, such aswheat orrye, and also keepcattle,sheep,pigs orpoultry. Often thedung from the cattle serves tofertilize the crops. Also some of the crops might be used asfodder for the livestock. Before horses were commonly used for haulage, many young male cattle on such farms were often not butchered as surplus for meat but castrated and used asbullocks to haul the cart and the plough.[5][6]
The fundamental characteristic of the European system of agriculture is mixed farming - the combination on each farm of arable and livestock farming.
Mixed farming is defined as a system of farming on a particular farm which includes crop production, raising livestock, poultry, fisheries, bee keeping etc., to sustain and satisfy as many needs of the farmer as possible
Mixed farming - or Commercial Crops and livestock [...].
