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Livestock farming
is the raising of animals for food and non-food products.
Meat, milk and eggs are examples of food products. Wool and leather are
examples of non-food products.
There are two types of livestock farming:
extensive
and
intensive
.
Extensive farming
Farmers raise their
livestock in large
fields or open
pastures.
The animals eat
what grows naturally
on the land.
In Spain, the raising of Iberian pigs is an
example of extensive livestock farming.
Intensive farming
Farmers raise their
livestock in stables
or indoor pens.
Farmers give the
animals food, which
is sometimes
produced in factories.
Many milk cows are raised in stables. This is
an example of intensive livestock farming.
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In your notebook, write true or false. Correct the false sentences.
a)
On an intensive farm, the livestock find their own food.
b)
Olives and tomatoes are important irrigated crops in Spain.
c)
Livestock provide food products and non-food products.
d)
In irrigated farming, the crops are watered by the farmer.
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Listen and say what type of livestock farming is described.
extensive farming intensive farming
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Find out about arable farming in your area.
a)
What dry crops are grown?
b)
What irrigated crops are grown?
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Make a poster to show types of crops.
a)
Collect photos of different crops frommagazines or print them from the Internet.
b)
Write a title for your poster and include these headings:
irrigated crops, dry crops.
c)
Classify your photos and stick them on a piece of card.
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QUIZ
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