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| '''Pastoral farming''' (also known in some regions as '''livestock farming''' or '''grazing''') is ] aimed at producing ], rather than growing ]. Examples include ], raising ], and raising ] for ]. In contrast, ] is growing of both crops and livestock on the same farm. Pastoral farmers are also known as ''graziers'' and in some cases ''pastoralists''. Some pastoral farmers grow crops purely as ] for their livestock; some crop farmers grow fodder and sell it to pastoral farmers. | |||
| Pastoral farming is a non-nomadic form of ] in which the livestock farmer has some form of ownership of the land used, giving the farmer more economic incentive to improve the land. Possible improvements include ] (in wet regions), ]s (in dry regions), ] and sowing ]. | |||
| Pastoral farming is common in ], ], ], ], ], ] and the ],and ], among other places. In New Zealand in the 1920s, through meat, butter, cheese and wool, it accounted for over 90% of that country's exports.<ref>{{cite book|title=DSIR: Making Science Work for New Zealand : Themes from the History of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1926-1992|publisher=]|year=1998|pages= 58|author=Ross Galbreath}}</ref> | |||
| There are two main types of pastoral farming: intensive pastoral farming and extensive pastoral farming. | |||
| ==Intensive Farming== | |||
| ] generally take up a fairly small area of land, but aim to have a very high output, through massive inputs of capital and labour. These farms use machines and new technologies to become as efficient and cost-effective as possible, an example being the ]. | |||
| Intensive agriculture can be seen in many places around the world, such as the ] of New Zealand, pig farming in ] and rice cultivation in the countries of ]. All use technology appropriate to their country to enable them to get the highest yields from their land. | |||
| ==Extensive farming== | |||
| ] is the direct opposite of intensive farming. The farms are large in comparison to the money injected into them or the labour used. The cattle ranches of central Australia are a good example of extensive agriculture, where often only a few farm workers are responsible for thousands of acres of farmland. | |||
| Another example of extensive farming can be seen in the massive cattle ranches of Brazil. These involve clearing vast areas of ] (the trees are often burnt rather than chopped down and sold) to make way for the cattle ranch. The cattle quickly eat the remaining vegetation and begin to cause massive problems of soil erosion. | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
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