AP Human Geography / Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
5.7 Spatial Organization of Agriculture
Notes
- Agribusiness: large corporations control production, processing and distribution.
- Commodity chains link farms to consumers.
- Economies of scale favor large farms; bid-rent affects land use near cities.
Practice
A company that owns farms, processing plants and stores is an example of:
Vertical integration.
A commodity chain shows:
From farm to table.
Large farms can produce at lower cost per unit because of:
Bigger is cheaper per unit.
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