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Sign in to savethumb|Church Farm in Norfolk, [[England]] thumb|upright=0.9|Typical plan of a medieval English manor, showing the use of field strips
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A farm is an area of land used for growing crops or raising animals to produce food and other goods. Farms are important because they provide the food and materials that people need to survive and build communities.
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- Etymology
- History
- Types of farms
- Farm buildings
- Specialized farms
- Dairy farm
- Poultry farm
- Pig farm
- Ownership
- Forms of ownership
- Agribusiness
- Farms around the world
- United States
- Europe
- Asia
- Pakistan
- Nepal
- Australia
- Africa
- Farm equipment
- Sources
- See also
- References
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thumb|Church Farm in Norfolk, [[England]] thumb|upright=0.9|Typical plan of a medieval English manor, showing the use of field strips
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialized units such as arable farms, vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy, pig and poultry farms, and land used for the production of natural fiber, biofuel, and other biobased products. It includes ranches, feedlots, orchards, plantations and estates, smallholdings, and hobby farms, and includes the farmhouse and agricultural buildings as well as the land. In modern times, the term has been extended to include such industrial operations as wind farms and fish farms, both of which can operate on land or at sea.