Editing Farmer (section)

==Types==
[[File:Farmer, Nicaragua (rotated).jpg|thumb|A farmer in [[Nicaragua]]]]

More distinct terms are commonly used to denote farmers who raise specific [[domestication|domesticated]] animals. For example, those who raise grazing livestock, such as [[cattle]], [[domestic sheep|sheep]], [[goat]]s and [[horse]]s, are known as ''[[ranch]]ers'' (U.S.), ''[[wikt:grazier|graziers]]'' (Australia & UK) or simply ''stockmen''. Sheep, goat and cattle farmers might also be referred to, respectively, as ''[[shepherd]]s'', ''[[goatherd]]s'' and ''[[cowherd (disambiguation)#Worker|cowherd]]s''. The term ''[[dairy]] farmer'' is applied to those engaged primarily in milk production, whether from cattle, goats, sheep, or other milk producing animals. A ''poultry farmer'' is one who concentrates on raising [[chicken]]s, [[Domestic turkey|turkeys]], [[domestic duck|duck]]s or [[domestic goose|geese]], for either [[meat]], [[Egg (food)|egg]] or [[feather]] production, or commonly, all three. A person who raises a variety of vegetables for market may be called a ''truck farmer'' or ''market gardener''. ''Dirt farmer'' is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his own land.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary</ref>

In developed nations, a farmer (as a profession) is usually defined as someone with an ownership interest in crops or livestock, and who provides land or management in their production. Those who provide only labor are most often called ''farmhands''. Alternatively, growers who manage farmland for an absentee landowner, sharing the harvest (or its profits) are known as ''[[sharecropper]]s'' or ''sharefarmers''. In the context of [[agribusiness]], a farmer is defined broadly, and thus many individuals not necessarily engaged in full-time farming can nonetheless legally qualify under [[agricultural policy]] for various [[subsidy|subsidies]], incentives, and [[tax deduction]]s.

===Techniques===
In the context of [[developing nation]]s or other pre-industrial cultures, most farmers practice a meager [[subsistence agriculture]]—a simple [[organic farming|organic-farming]] system employing [[crop rotation]], [[seed saving]], [[slash and burn]], or other techniques to maximize efficiency while meeting the needs of the household or community. One subsisting in this way may become labelled as a ''[[peasant]]'', often associated disparagingly with a "[[peasant mentality]]".<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1 = Bailey
 | first1 = Garrick
 | last2 = Peoples
 | first2 = James
 | title = Essentials of Cultural Anthropology
 | date = 11 January 2013
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_vtFT42hjoQC
 | publisher = Cengage Learning
 | publication-date = 2013
 | pages = 121–122
 | isbn = 9781133603566
 | edition = 3
 | access-date = 2019-10-10
 | quote =  Peasants [...] are looked down on by higher classes ("he has a peasant mentality”).
}}
</ref>

In [[developed nation]]s, however, a person using such techniques on small patches of land might be called a [[gardener]] and be considered a [[hobbyist]]. Alternatively, one might be driven into such practices by [[poverty]] or, ironically—against the background of large-scale agribusiness—might become an organic farmer growing for discerning/faddish consumers in the [[local food]] market.