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  1. Livestock farming | Definition, Methods, Breeds, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2024 · Livestock farming, raising of animals for use or for pleasure. Livestock animals are commonly farmed for their meat, hides, wool, milk, and as work animals. Learn about the raising of …

  2. Origins of agriculture - Domestication, Neolithic, Fertile Crescent ...

    Dec 22, 2025 · When considered in terms of food management, dogs may have been initially domesticated as hunting companions, while meat and milk could be obtained more reliably from …

  3. Mongolia - Livestock, Herding, Grazing | Britannica

    Dec 19, 2025 · Livestock raising, based on millions of head of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, and camels —often referred to as the “five animals” (tavan khoshuu mal) in Mongolia—accounts for some four …

  4. Livestock | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 3, 2025 · Livestock, farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category encompasses primarily cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules; other animals, such …

  5. Ranch | Livestock, Agriculture & Land Management | Britannica

    Ranch, a farm, usually large, devoted to the breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, or horses on rangeland. Ranch farming, or ranching, originated in the imposition of European livestock-farming …

  6. agriculture - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Farmers raise crops and livestock in every climate and in all kinds of different soil. Some regions receive a lot of sunlight or rainfall. Others have colder or drier weather. All places have their own kinds of …

  7. agriculture - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Livestock grazing is ideal in these areas, which include the prairies of the western United States, the lowland plains (the Pampas) of South America, the tropical savannas of Africa, and the steppes of Asia.

  8. Animal husbandry | agriculture | Britannica

    What is livestock farming? Which animals are commonly raised in livestock farming? What are the main purposes of raising livestock? How do farmers take care of the health and wellbeing of livestock?

  9. Origins of agriculture - Neolithic Revolution, Domestication ...

    Dec 22, 2025 · In the eastern Fertile Crescent, Epipaleolithic people who had been dependent on hunting gazelle s (Gazella species) and wild goats and sheep began to raise goats and sheep, but …

  10. Livestock Account for 51% of Greenhouse Gases | Saving Earth ...

    In light of this report claiming that livestock emissions account for 51% of greenhouse gases, it is clear that the government needs to address farming in its efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions.