05/13/08, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Eastern North Carolina
Posts: 34,243
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Originally Posted by Paquebot
What we've managed to do here is confirm that it's useless to look for that big multimillion acre ag company. That disappoints me since I would have loved to know how such an operation could be managed.
We've also confirmed that forestry and agriculture are two separate fields. Using the word "farm" as a means of justifying calling both "agribusiness" is no less wrong than including tank farms, wind farms, and worm farms as part of agribusiness.
And we've confirmed what monoculture is in both agriculture and forestry and that most here SHOULD know the difference.
The only thing not confirmed is exactly what agribusiness constitutes since I've never heard any two definitions which agree.
Martin
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They dont have to "agree' They can ALL be correct
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ag·ri·busi·ness (āg'rə-bĭz'nĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. Farming engaged in as a large-scale business operation embracing the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and the manufacture of farm machinery, equipment, and supplies
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agribusiness%20
The bottom line is , if youre FARMING to make money, it's an "agribusiness"
If youre farming to feed yourself, it's NOT a business.
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