两个术语均有“农产品”的含义，差别在于按有些国家 (如加拿大）的法律规定，farm produce只指大豆、玉米、谷物、草种和植物油种子等纯农业原始产品以及相关的加工产品[1]。而farm product所含盖的范围则较广，其包括所有农业、园艺、养殖和林业原始产品及其相关的加工产品，诸如肉、禽、蛋、羊毛、奶制品、谷物、水果、蔬菜、蜂蜜、烟草、木材、酿酒、 食物加工产品等。换句话说，如果说农业这个总体术语本包括农、林、牧、副、渔五个方面，而farm produce所指的便仅是狭义涵盖“农”或“副”的“农产品”，而farm product则指广义的喊涵盖所有五个方面的“农产品”[2]。

[1]“Beans, corn, grain, grass seeds and oil seeds and all kinds thereof produced in Ontairo. " Cf. Crain Elevator Storage Act，Canada v 1983, c. 401 s. 1.

[2]“Those plants and animals useful to mankind and includes, but not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and field crops；poultry and poultry products；livestock and livestock products；fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, tobacco，nuts, flower and floral products, nursery products, apiaries and fur-bearing animal products..." Cf. Farm Products Marketing Act, (Canada) R. S. 0. 1980, c. 158, s. 1.