Intro to Agriculture.ppt
- 1. Introduction to Agricultural Production & Products Ag Science I Mr. Dieckhoff
- 2. Hieroglyphics Moment On a sheet of printer paper, draw pictures (similar to what ancient Egyptians used) on what Agriculture means to you
- 3. So….What is Agriculture? Agriculture – Science that studies the activities of food, fiber, and natural resources Watch Video!
- 4. What is the foundation of Agriculture? Production Agriculture Supplies, Services, Mechanics, Products Processing, Marketing
- 5. But….Ag Producers Get the Smallest Piece of the Pie
- 6. Value Added Further processing to gain more value to consumer
- 7. Value-Added Food Activity With the people at your table, develop a value-added food product to be marketed across the US in supermarkets.
- 8. Common Types of Agriculture Producers in Missouri Beef Cattle Swine Corn Soybeans Wheat Poultry Dairy Cattle Goats Sheep Rice Cotton
- 9. Beef Cattle - video Primarily grown for meat Cow-calf producer – raises cows on grass, sells calves at 8 months old Stocker Producer – feeds calves on grass for 4 months Feedlot Finisher – feeds calves corn to fatten out for 4-8 months MO great pasture for cow-calf (#2) Judging Activity
- 10. Beef Judging 3214 636
- 11. Swine Most hogs raised in confinement – indoor, climate controlled, fresh feed & water Hybrid Vigor – results of breeding that allows offspring to be better than parents with particular trait Video
- 12. Field Corn Largest crop in US Native to North America Used for animal feed, corn oil, & ethanol – alcohol fuel from corn Biotechnology – genetic engineering to improve plants for producers or consumers GMO Video
- 13. Soybeans Crop Rotation – rotating grass (corn) & legume (soybeans) to help soil nutrients Legume (nitrogen fixation) – plants convert nitrogen from the air to useable nitrogen in the soil Used for feed, ink, food, oil, bio-diesel-fuel from soybeans (crushing) https://www.google.com/ma ps/@39.0245709,- 93.7257726,1452m/data=!3 m1!1e3
- 14. Wheat Four types: 1. Soft Red Winter – cookies, dough 2. Hard Red Winter – bread flour 3. Hard Red Spring - bread 4. Durum - Pastas
- 16. Quiz Time
- 17. Poultry Poultry includes both broilers, layers, and turkeys Largest Missouri Industry Raised in confinement Poultry Placing Classes Activity
- 18. Dairy Cattle Raised near large cities Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Cooperative – business where members buy or sell together for more bargaining power All milk is pasteurized (heated to over 140 degrees and then cooled) homogenization – pressurizing milk to break-up fat particles
- 19. Goats Breeds for Dairy or Meat Boer – breed of meat goat
- 20. Sheep Both wool and meat breeds Club Lamb – lamb for show Video
- 21. Rice Grown in MO bootheel Field heavily irrigated – artificially watered
- 22. Cotton Grown in MO bootheel Cotton boll – head on a cotton plant BollGuard Cotton
- 23. Common Ag Equipment / Machinery
- 24. Tractor
- 25. Combine Cuts the plant Separates grain from plant Video
- 26. Combine
- 27. Combine
- 29. Plow
- 30. Field Disk Video – Plowing & Disking
- 31. No-Till Drill (not plowing, tilling or disking soil)
- 32. Planter
- 33. Cultivator
- 34. Sprayer
- 35. Anhydrous Applicator Anhydrous Ammonia – nitrogen held in soil for future corn land Application Video
- 36. Grain Truck
- 37. Auger Enclosed screw device used to transport grain
- 38. Square Hay baler
- 39. Round Hay Baler Video
- 40. Hay Rake
- 41. Cutting Hay Blades move along a channel to cut grass
- 42. Tractor Wrecks