Horti-Business Management

Farming system

Farming system

• A farm is a system in that it has INPUTS, PROCESSES and OUTPUTS.
• INPUTS - these are things that go into the farm and may be split into Physical Inputs (e.g. amount of rain, soil) and Human Inputs (e.g. labour, money etc.)
• PROCESSES - these are things which take place on the farm in order to convert the inputs to outputs (e.g. sowing, weeding, harvesting etc.)
• OUTPUTS - these are the products from the farm (i.e., wheat, barley, cattle)
• Depending on the type of farming e.g. arable/ pastoral, commerical / subsisitence, the type and amount of inputs, processes and outputs will vary.