#AP Human Geography: Agriculture & Land Use - The Night Before Cram Session 🚀

Hey there, future geographer! Let's get you prepped and confident for tomorrow's exam. This guide is designed to be your last-minute lifeline, focusing on the key concepts and strategies you need to ace it. Let's dive in!

#🚜 Agricultural Practices & Land Use: An Overview

Agricultural practices are heavily influenced by economic factors. Whether a region engages in subsistence or commercial farming, and whether they practice intensive or extensive farming, depends on the interplay of land costs, market demands, and technological capabilities. Let's break it down:

• Subsistence Farming: Primarily for personal consumption, common in LDCs. Think small-scale, family-run farms. 🧑‍🌾
• Commercial Farming: Production for profit, often large-scale, using advanced tech. Think big agribusiness. 💰
• Intensive Farming: High inputs (labor, capital) on small plots of land. Maximizing yield. 📈
• Extensive Farming: Lower inputs over large areas. Think ranching or large grain farms. 🏞️

#🌍 Regions of Agricultural Production

These are areas with the right combo of climate, soil, and water for high agricultural activity. Let's take a quick tour:

1. Midwest USA: Corn, wheat, soybeans. Fertile soil. 🌽
2. Canadian Prairies: Wheat, canola. Temperate climate. 🌾
3. Yangtze River Valley (China): Rice, wheat. Humid, subtropical. 🍚
4. Po Valley (Italy): Wheat, rice. Mediterranean climate. 🍝
5. Pampas (Argentina): Wheat, corn, soybeans. Temperate. 🥩
6. Midwest & Great Plains (Brazil): Soybeans, corn. Tropical climate. 🇧🇷

#🧑‍🌾 Types of Farming

#Subsistence Farming

• Focus: Growing food for the farmer and their family, not for profit.
• Location: Often found in less developed countries (LDCs).
• Characteristics: Small plots of land, relia...