Introduction to Agriculture

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Introduction to Agriculture
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Do Now.

• 1. Write down all of the products that you can
  think of that originated from plants animals.
• 2. List everything that you ate for supper last
  night where did each of the main ingredients
  come from.

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Human Food Needs

• Energy
• Growth and Repair
• Good Health
• Body Processes

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Sources of Food

• Fruits
• Apples
• Flowers
• Cauliflower
• Stems
• Celery
• Multiple Parts
• Turnip (leaves and roots)

• Plants
• 250,000 plants on earth
• 600 are used for food
• Leaves
• Lettuce
• Seeds
• Beans
• Roots
• Potatoes

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Animal Sources

• Terrestrial
• Animals that live on land
• Aquatic
• Animals that live in water
• Meat
• Eggs
• Milk

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Fiber (Clothing)

• Animal Fibers
• Wool
• Fur
• Silk

• Plant Fibers
• Cotton
• Flax
• Hemp
• Jute
• Sisal
• Synthetics
• Those made by man

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Wood Products

• Lumber
• Plywood
• Veneer
• Composition Board
• Paper

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Definition of Agriculture

• Agriculture
• The science of growing crops and raising
  livestock.

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More Definitions

• Agriscience the application of scientific
  principles new technologies to agriculture.
• Agribusiness the production, processing,
  distribution marketing of agricultural products
  services.

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Innovations in Agriculture

• Charles Townshed
• 1st crop rotation system
• Jethro Tull
• Developed seed planting machine in early 1700s.
• Eli Whitney
• Cotton gin
• Cyrus McCormick
• Patented a harvesting machine (reaper) in 1834

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• John Deere
• 1837 1st steel moldboard plow
• Gregor Mendel
• Austrian botanist
• Discovered basic principles of heredity
• Silver Bullet Era
• 1940s-1950s
• New pesticides on market
• Dramatically increases yields.
• Biotechnology Era
• 1984 entered stock market
• 1995 RoundUp Ready Soybeans

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New York Agriculture Products

• List as many as you can think of
• What raw materials do they require where are
  they produced?
• Milk-dairy cows
• Hamburger-beef cows
• Bread-wheat, grains
• Wine-grapes
• Corn Products-corn

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Areas of Agriculture

• Supplies and Services
• Machinery and equipment
• Seed
• Chemicals
• Feed and animal medicines
• Production Agriculture
• Marketing and Processing

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What are some types of businesses related to
agriculture?

• Grocery Stores
• Florists
• Hardware Stores
• Machinery Dealers
• Lumber Yards
• Trucking Businesses
• Environmental Agencies
• Radio TV Companies

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What types of products do these businesses handle?

• Grocery Stores meats, vegetables, dairy products
• Florists flowers potted plants
• Hardware Stores gardening equipment, tools
  nails
• Machinery Dealers tractors, combines plows
• Lumber Yards wood Mulch

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• Trucking Business meats, veggies, lumber milk.

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What are the four major divisions of Agriculture?

• Production producing food fiber
• Processing changing food fiber into consumer
  products
• Distribution moving products to the market
• Marketing selling products

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How are agriculture science related?

• Agriculture is the application of the earth,
  physical life sciences.
• Earth Science study of soils sunlight
• Physical Science study of simple machines,
  energy matter
• Life Science study of plants, animals the
  environment

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Homework for Friday Nov. 21st

• Fill out the business worksheet in your packet
• Due MONDAY NOV 24th!!!!!
• You can use a phonebook to help you

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