Agricultural Products
This crop is used to make flour for bread.
Wheat
The practice and science of producing food, fiber, and natural resources.
Agriculture
The agriculture category focused on growing crops and raising animals. (Hint... it makes up almost 20% of all Ag Jobs!)
Production Agriculture
This type of agriculture career includes scientists and researchers.
Agriscience Professions
About how many people are employed in agricultural careers in the U.S.?
This material from sheep is used to make clothing.
Wool
The application of science to agricultural practices.
Agriscience
The agriculture category that includes cutting down trees for wood.
Forestry
This career category includes growing and managing plants in greenhouses or nurseries.
Horticulture
About how many agricultural jobs are available each year?
around 400,000
This material from trees is used to build houses.
Lumber (Timber/Wood also accepted)
All the businesses involved in getting agricultural products to consumers.
Agribusiness
The agriculture category that includes selling seeds, feed, or fertilizer.
Agricultural Supplies & Services
This career category includes working as a veterinarian.
Agriscience Professions
True or False: Most agriculture jobs are on farms.
FALSE
This category of products includes resources like water, soil, and forests.
Natural Resources
The correct term for a raw agricultural product that can be bought or sold.
Commodity
The agriculture category that includes repairing tractors and equipment.
Agricultural Mechanics
This career category includes operating farm machinery to plant and harvest crops.
Production Agriculture
Name three types of agriculture career categories.
Production agriculture
Horticulture
Forestry
Agriscience professions
Agricultural supplies and services
Agricultural mechanics
Agricultural processing/products & distribution
Name one food, one fiber, and one shelter agricultural product.
Answers vary - Example:
Food—corn; Fiber—cotton; Shelter—timber
The correct term for things we "put in" or "use" to make products. Examples are like fertilizer, seeds, and water.
Agricultural Inputs
The agriculture category that includes processing raw products and delivering them to consumers.
agricultural processing/products & distribution
This career category includes driving a truck to transport processed meat products to stores.
agricultural processing/products & distribution
Name one job or career from each of these three categories: production agriculture, agricultural mechanics, and agriscience professions.
May Vary but... example:
Production—farmer; Mechanics—tractor technician; Agriscience professions—soil scientist