mixed farming
agriculture
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Mixed farming is a system where a farm integrates the growing of crops with the raising of livestock. This approach involves cultivating food or cash crops, feed crops, and maintaining animals on the same farm. It contrasts with monoculture, which focuses on a single crop. Mixed farming allows for a more diversified agricultural operation, utilizing resources from both crop and animal production to benefit the entire farm system.12
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