शेत म्हणजे धान्ये, कडधान्ये, भाजी, फुले, कोंबडीची अंडी इत्यादी शेतमालाच्या उत्पादनासाठी वापरण्यात येणारा जमिनीचा तुकडा होय. शेते ही व्यक्ती, कुटुंब, समूह, तत्सम सहकारी संस्था, धार्मिक संस्था, ट्रस्ट, शासकीय आणि निमशासकीय संस्थांच्या मालकीची असू शकतात. भांडवलशाही देशात शेते मोठ्या प्रमाणावर खासगी आस्थापनांच्या मालकीची असतात, तर साम्यवादी देशात बहुतांश शेते सरकारच्या मालकीची असतात . शेते अत्यंत छोटा आकारात ते मोठ्या आकारात असू शकतात.

A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialized units such as arable farms, vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy, pig and poultry farms, and land used for the production of natural fiber, biofuel, and other commodities. It includes ranches, feedlots, orchards, plantations and estates, smallholdings, and hobby farms, and includes the farmhouse and agricultural buildings as well as the land. In modern times, the term has been extended so as to include such industrial operations as wind farms and fish farms, both of which can operate on land or at sea.