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5. a factory like farm devoted to either livestock fattening or dairying; all feed is imported and no crops are grown on the farm
6. expenditure of much labor and capital on a piece of land to increase its productivity
7. highly mechanized, large-scale farming,usually under corporate ownership
8. the cultivation of domesticated crops and the raising of domesticated animals
9. characteristic of farmers or their way of life
10. the cultural landscape of agricultural areas
13. changes made to the environment. e.g., the use of pesticides to grow crops and the effects it has on the soil and environment; soil erosion and desertification caused by changes made to the environment
14. large scale farming and ranching operations that employ vast land bases, large mechanized equipment, factory-type labor, and the latest technology
15. a second crop is planted after the first has been harvested

1. any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use
2. the practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil
3. use of little labor and capital to increase agricultural productivity
4. dating back 10,000 years, it achieved plant domestication and animal domestication
11. the continual movement of livestock in search of forage for animals
12. the cultivation of aquatic organisms(as fish or shellfish) especially for food