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DATE
Chapter 10 Key Issue 3
There are a few questions about some types of Agriculture in Key Issue 3, and a graphic organizer for comparison.
GRAIN FARMING - How do farmers and combine companies make use of the fact that the wheat matures at different times in the spring and
winter wheat belts?
LIVESTOCK RANCHING - History
Describe the “stages” of ranching as it has evolved in the US (and very similarly elsewhere) in the Flow chart below, with When, who
I. Introduction and establishment…
II. Open range and cattle drives…
III. Fixed location ranching…
MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE - Describe how rapid population growth is changing agriculture in California.
COMMERCIAL GARDENING AND FRUIT FARMING - What is “specialty farming” and where has it spread in the US?
Mixed Crop and
Livestock Farming
Dairy Farming
Grain Farming
Livestock
Ranching
Mediterranean
Agriculture
Commercial
Gardening and
Fruit Farming
Climate region
Geographic
region(s)
Main
characteristics
APHG
(Who is fed the
crops?)
Who buys product?
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Mixed Crop and
Livestock Farming
Process (briefly)
Including key
terms
(crop rotation)
Crops and
locations
(uses of corn)
Animals?
DATE
Dairy Farming
Chapter 10 Key Issue 3
Grain Farming
Livestock
Ranching
(preferences)
(most important,
and uses) (winter
v. summer)
US and elsewhere
Types and reasons
for change
Ownership/use of
land
Future of this type
of agriculture,
defenders and
supporters.
Challenges?
APHG
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Mediterranean
Agriculture
Commercial
Gardening and
Fruit Farming