Commercial Arable Farming

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Commercial Arable Farming This farming system is carried out on the great plains of the USA and the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Alberta, Canada

Commercial Arable Farming

Commercial Arable Farming This system of farming makes up for relatively low crops yields by increasing the scale of production. Vast holdings are cultivated and improvements in technology for irrigation, different strains of cereals, machinery and agrochemicals has seen output soar, causing large surpluses. Monoculture is mainly practised growing cereal cash crops. Heavily mechanised

Commercial Arable Farming Hi-tech storage facilities for grain

Commercial Arable Farming Settlement Patterns Vast areas of land in the Prairies have been divided up into geometric patterns. The land was divided up into townships of “36 sections”, six miles by six miles. Each settler was given a quarter section, provided they built a house on the land. Railway lines and later roads were all important in getting farm inputs to the area and farming outputs to market.

Commercial Arable Farming Train picking up grain from the storage area.

Commercial Arable Farming Source- Core Higher Geography.

Commercial Arable Farming Geometric road lay out. Railway line Roads important for moving of farm inputs and outputs Minor Town located on road and rail junction Because of large availability of flat land roads form a grid iron pattern. Main town located on interstate highway and railway. Grew into largest town due to easy accessibility and large sphere of influence Individual farm houses dispersed throughout the countryside. Source- Core Higher Geography

Commercial Arable Farming Drilling rig Changes In Alberta, Canada many farmers are diversifying by setting up drilling rigs on their farm to mine for oil. cattle pasture

Commercial Arable Farming Organic farming Reliance on cooperatives Dry farming methods New technology New crops e.g. sunflowers Changes New strains of seed Improved chemicals Surpluses cut Back through Government funding Use of contractors

Commercial Arable Farming silage