mixed farming

The practice of growing cash crops and raising livestock on the same farm.

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mixed farming

(Agriculture) combined arable and livestock farming (on mixed farms)

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mixed farming - growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

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mixed farming

n → agricoltura e allevamento di bestiame insieme

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