Question

Describe the main features of extensive commercial grain cultivation.

Answer 1

Important features of Extensive Commercial Grain Agriculture are as follows:

• It is practiced in the interior parts of semi-arid lands of the mid-latitudes.
• Wheat is the principal crop, though other crops like corn, barley, oats and rye are also grown.
• The size of the farm is very large; therefore, all the operations from ploughing to harvesting are mechanized.
• Yield per hectare is low but yield per person is high because fewer people and more machines are used.
• It is best developed in the Eurasian steppes, the Canadian and American Prairies, the Pampas of Argentina, the Velds of South Africa, the Australian Downs and the Canterbury plains of New Zealand.