extensive farming - Economic Viability, Rural Life

Farming with relatively low input levels, especially of fertilizers, sprays, and pharmaceuticals. Lower yields per hectare may be compensated for by larger areas per farm and per farmer; so acceptable income levels may still be achieved. Examples of extensive farming include upland sheep and cattle farming in the UK, and prairie farming in North America.

Extensive farming (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses little inputs on vast areas of land, such as the Great Plains.

Extensive farming most commonly refers to sheep and cattle farming in areas with low agricultural productivity.

Just as the demand has led to the basic division of cropping and pastoral activities, these areas can also be subdivided depending on the regions rainfall, vegetation type and agricultural activity within the area.

Economic Viability

Subsidies

see Agricultural policy

Infrastructure

Rural Life

see Rural sociology