-Crops are grown and used to feed livestock
-Livestock supplies manure to improve soil fertility in order to grow more crops
Benefits of Mixed Crop & Livestock:
-Allows for a diversion of work load within the year
-Crops are seasonal (plant & harvest)
-Livestock is a yearly job (tending, feeding, slaughter, and sell)
-Use crop rotation to grow various types of crops at the same time
World Production of Corn