Ag Basics
What is the definition of agriculture?
In its most basic definition, agriculture is the art and science of cultivating plants, animals, and other life forms for use by humans to sustain life.
Can you name three different ways that agriculture can be used?
Agricultural land use includes the land use for crops, forests, rangeland, pastures, national parks, and agricultural businesses.
Who do we call those actively involved in raising raw agricultural products?
Producers
This invention is a type of fencing with sharp metal points that is to help farmers keep animals in and protect their land. What is the invention?
Barbed Wire
What is the first domesticated animal?
Dog
What is arable land?
Arable land is the term used to describe land that is suitable for growing crops
What percentage of the World is dedicated to water and NOT usable for agiculture?
75% or 3/4 of the world
Which commodity area is the biggest and broadest?
Food
This farming tool was invented to make it easier to cut through tough soil, helping farmers plant crops more quickly and efficiently. What is the invention?
Steel Plow
What were the first agriculturalist called that had to "kill" and "collect" their food?
Hunters and Gathers
What is an import?
An import is an good or product that is brought into another country.
True or False- Agriculture land is in danger?
True
Who do we call those who purchase and use agricultural products?
Consumers or customers
This powerful vehicle is used on farms to help plow fields, plant crops, and pull heavy equipment, making farming much easier and faster. What is the invention?
Tractor
If it weren't for the Native American's helping the Early European Settlers coming over to North America, they would have likely died due to what?
Little or no agricultural experience to grow their own food.
What is an export?
An export is a good or product that is sent out of a country.
Why is agricultural land threatened and being lost each day?
Which product requires more "hands" or processing to get to the store? Why? Strawberries or Strawberry Jam.
Strawberry Jam
This invention is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds, making it much faster and easier to produce cotton. What is the invention?
Cotton Gin
What is indentured servitude?
Indentured servitude is a system of agricultural labor in which a person is indebted to someone and required to work for that person until their debt is paid.
What is a commodity?
A commodity is a raw material that can be bought and sold.
How many acres of agricultural land are lost everyday?
3,000 acres
Which commodity area would a Raccoon fit into? Why? Food, Fiber, or Natural Resources.
Technically all. But more so Natural Resources.
This invention is a tool that helps farmers find the exact spots on their fields to plant, water, and harvest crops more efficiently, making their work easier and saving time. What is the invention?
GPS or Global Positioning Systems
How did the Dust Bowl occur?
Farmers plowed hundreds of thousands of acres of range and pasture land to produce wheat in the years from 1925 to 1930. This poor management of agricultural land, combined with years of drought, led to the most devastating human-created ecological disaster in American History.