Types of farming
Agriculture [agriculture: Farming - especially arable or crop farming.] in the UK can be divided into three main types:
arable farming grows crops, eg wheat and barley
pastoral farming is raising animals, eg cows and sheep
mixed farming is both arable and pastoral
Agriculture can be intensive or extensive:
intensive agriculture uses small areas of land with lots of expensive inputs [input: Things that go into a business or industry to make it work properly, eg money, raw materials and workers.] , eg market gardening [market gardening: The small-scale production of fruits, vegetables or flowers to sell.]
extensive agriculture uses large areas of land with fewer inputs needed, eg hill sheep farming
Farmers must choose the type of agriculture that is best for the place they farm and the human resources [human resources: The use of people, eg as a workforce.] they have.