| MIXED FARMING | DAIRY FARMING |
| 1. Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry. | 1. Special emphasis is laid on cattle breeding, health care and veterinary services |
| 2. Wheat, Barley, oats, rye, maize, fodder and root crops are grown in mixed farming | 2. It is most advanced and efficient type of rearing of milch animals. |
| 3. Mixed farming is found in the highly developed parts of the world- North Western Europe, North Eastern America, parts of Eurasia and temperate latitudes of southern continents. | 3.Three main regions of commercial dairy farming are North Western Europe, Canada and South Eastern Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania |
| 4. Mixed farming is characterised by high capital expenditure on farm machinery, building, extensive use of chemical fertilizers, green manure and the skill and expertise of the farmers. | 4. Dairy farming is highly labour intensive as it involves rigorous care in feeding and milching. |
| 5. There is crop rotation and intercropping that maintain the soil fertility. | 5. There is no off season during the year as in the case of crop raising. |
