Mixed farming

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Mixed farming is an agrarian system that mixes arable farming with the raising of livestock. It is the dominant system in Europe, where most farms have a mixture of fields and pastures.^[1]

For example, the same farm may grow cereal crops, and keep cattle, sheep, pigs or poultry.^[2]

Mixed farming is growing two or more diverse crops on the same piece of land. It is also referred to as inter-cropping or co-cultivation. It helps in balancing of soil nutrients, keeping down weeds and curbing plant diseases.

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↑ Myrdal, Janken; Mats Morell (2011). The Agrarian History of Sweden: From 4000 BC to AD 2000. Nordic Academic Press. p. 265. ISBN 9185509566. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ D. B. Grigg (7 November 1974). The Agricultural Systems of the World: An Evolutionary Approach. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-521-09843-4. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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