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Commercial farming

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_farming)

Commercial agriculture is large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets. In commercial farming crops such as wheat, maize, tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana, cotton are harvested and sold into world markets. Commercial agriculture includes livestock production and livestock grazing. (Wikipedia)

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Commercial agriculture

Approved Date
07-Aug-2013

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