Is it a farm or a ranch?

LOL Fordy.

I think, from reading y'alls definitions that I can indeed call my place a bee ranch

I always thought that the definition related to a certain number of acres. This has been enlightening.

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Nevada has a Chicken Ranch.

I was raised on a sheep ranch or that is what I always heard it called. We ran hundreds of head of sheep as well as 25- 50 head of cattle, and that many or more sows. SF also raised wheat and alfalfa. Personally, I always thought you ranched livestock and farmed land. IMO

Some more observations on this topic:

In the Central Valley of California, one hears more of "growers" than "farmers". This includes small to huge operations. This applies more to crops than livestock.

In the west, it doesn't take ownership of a lot of land to have a ranch if one has large grazing allotments on public land (BLM, FS).

If an old ranch of many generations is divided up and sold off, the original base of operations will still be referred to as a ranch (as in the Kaufmann Ranch) even if the acreage is relatively small and the use much less than in the past.

I agree with where I want to that "ranch" is an historic usage in the West and in some areas at least has long been applied more widely than to just livestock.

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And a Mustang Ranch

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Unless it's a "cattle station".

Ranches have fauna.
Farms have flora.

Ranches raise things.
Farms grow things.

Ranches cull.
Farms harvest.

Notable exceptions:
Dairy farms - see harvest note above in re milk.
Egg farms - see harvest note above in re eggs.
Mink farm/ fur farm - see harvest note above in re fur.

Hog farm - I have no idea why hogs are raised on farms as opposed to ranches, all I can figure is "hog farm" is easier to say than "hog ranch".

And if a place is equal parts flora and fauna for subsistence purposes it's a homestead out west and a plantation back east.


I like what someone said on page one, it is whatever you want to call it.
And I call it "my goal".

Up here, a ranch is a livestock grazing operation but it is acceptable to grow feed as well because it supports cattle during the winter months. A ranchette or hobby ranch is the term used for those little operations that support 10+ head of cattle.