Question

What is commercial grain farming?

Answer 1

This system of crop cultivation is usually practised in sparsely populated areas where agricultural land is abundant with respect to the demand of food. Canada, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Australia and in some parts of India commercial grain farming is practised. In USA there are distinct wheat, corn and cotton belts. The amount of labour and capital employed are small compared to the area being cultivated. It is, therefore, called extensive agriculture. Farms are of big size spreading over hundreds of hectares. Most of the work on the farms are done by machines. In Europe, there has been trend of diversification of crops instead of specialisation.
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Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Commercial grain farming:

Commercial grain farming is an extensive agricultural activities in which crops are grown for commercial purpose.Wheat and maize are most common commercial grown grains.

• In commercial grain farming, farmers grow grains and trade them in the market.
• It is mostly practiced by the farmers of Asia, Europe and temperate grasslands of North America.
• Commercial grain farming is also known as extensive farming.

Characteristics of commercial grain farming :

1. It is highly specialised anh one single crop is grown.
2. the wheat farms in mid-latitudes are very large.In these areas land is cheap that makes it possible for a farmer to own very large holdings.
3. Commercial grain farming is highly mechanised.
4. In this type of farming the yield of wheat is low. But use of machines make less labour force, therefore yield per an is high.  

Other features of commercial grain farming are lack of irrigation, farm ownership, prone to climatic hazards , dependence on market fluctuations, etc.

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