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Mixed Agriculture at Farming D1993 2004

Crop area (ha) % area

(ha) %cotton 1,494 50.3 1,157 33.6 tomatoes 780 26.3 1,062 30.9 wheat 90 3.0 568 16.5 lettuce 276 9.3 240 7.0 triticale 0 0.0 123 3.6 garlic 61 2.1 67 1.9 almonds 0 0.0 62 1.8 sugar beet 0 0.0 60 1.7melons 0 0.0 62 1.8maize 0 0.0 40 1.2safflower 154 5.2 0 0.0fallow land 115 3.9 0 0.0total 2,970 100.0 3,441 100.0

cultivated area 2009

%

tomatoes

grain

vegetables

alfalfa

fallow land

almonds

Source: Farming D - Diener Water Company Crop Map, Fresno, 2009 (unpublished)

40

40

6

8

4

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1. The spatial pattern of American agricultural areas shows a square-cut division into townships, sections und quarter sections. Explain the origin of this pattern.

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2. At Farming D (Diener Farm) different agricultural products are cultivated (contrary to the cultivation method in socalled belts). Name an economical and an ecological advantage of mixed agriculture.

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3. Describe and explain the changes in the cultivation of different crops from 1993 to 2004 to 2009. Consider the statements of Mr. Beecher, the Manager of Farming D, in the film “Agriculture in California“.

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4. Explain why the drainage water is collected in special basins on the Diener Farm.

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