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Commercial agriculture is distinguished from subsistence agriculture by all but which of the following? Group of answer choicesheavy use of machineryoutput consumed on the farmhigher profit yieldslarger farm sizelow percentage of farmers in the labor force

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Commercial agriculture is distinguished from subsistence agriculture by all but which of the following? Group of answer choicesheavy use of machineryoutput consumed on the farmhigher profit yieldslarger farm sizelow percentage of farmers in the labor force

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The characteristic that does not distinguish commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture is "output consumed on the farm". In subsistence agriculture, the majority of the output is consumed on the farm by the farmers and their families. In commercial agriculture, the majority of the output is intended for sale in the market, not for consumption on the farm. Therefore, this characteristic is not a distinguishing factor between the two types of agriculture.

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