Raising and processing food {agriculture} {farming, business} is a high-risk business. Weather and seasons cause farm prices to be unstable over short terms. Farmers typically need loans to plant and till, which they pay back after harvest. This situation increases risk. Small farms typically have low productivity and low income. Farmers typically expand production to take advantage of good years, resulting in too much food and thus lower prices.
Businesses {construction} can produce buildings.
Businesses {manufacturing} can produce goods.
coin collecting {numismatics}|.
People can search river or glacier sand or gravel for minerals {placer mining}|.
communication, electricity, or natural-gas companies {public utility} {utility, business}.
Businesses can deal in land and buildings, plus property improvements, such as electricity, water, sewer, and telecommunications connections {real estate, business}|.
real estate {realty}|.
Service trades {service trade} provide services.
telegraphy, telephone, radio, television, and Internet {telecommunications}|.
People can send messages, coded into long and short ons separated by offs, over wires {telegraphy}|.
People can send messages, coded into long and short ons separated by offs, by radio {telemetry}|.
News organizations send articles, movies, and photographs over radio to subscribers {wire service}|.
banking and stock markets {finance, sector}.
Institutions {bank}| hold and lend money. Money is in checking or savings accounts.
Institutions {savings and loan}| {credit union} can have members who save money and receive loans.
6-Economics-Microeconomics-Business
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