Term:
Commercial farmer
Definition:

Farmers that produce agricultural products intended for the market to be delivered, sold or stored at commercial structures and/or sold to end consumers (feedlots, poultry farms, dairies, etc.), fellow farmers and direct exports. They generally use high levels of inputs.

Domain:
Agriculture
Source:
Glossary, FAO (http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/010/i0132e/i0132e08.pdf).
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