The production of plants and animals.
What is agriculture?
Agency charged with regulating organic food production to ensure proper standards for labeling.
Who is the USDA?
The number of career clusters which represent all jobs and careers.
What is 16?
Pathway to careers which regulate & preserve resources such as forests, wildlife and water.
What is Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences?
Pathway related to processing, storage, distribution and marketing of ag commodities and by products.
As agriculture today continues to embrace technology, this system has allowed for more precise practices.
What is the scientific method?
Defining future needs and wants is this step in setting a career goal.
What is the first?
What is animal science?
Before choosing a career, one should always do this to determine the job requirements, compensation and benefits.
What is research?
When making breeding decisions in both plants and animals, agriculturist consider this study of heredity.
This process is being heavily utilized and criticized in today's ag society as producers rush to meet the growing demand.
What is genetically modified organisms?
The term for career clusters broken down by skills and knowledge into groups.
What are pathways?
Pathway that includes the study of plant nutrition, genetics, irrigation, fertility and weed science.
What is Plant & Soil Science?
What is an associate's degree?
The application of agricultural principals and new technologies.
What is agriscience?
Fuels today are comprised of living things, examples are ethanol and biodiesel.
Resources to identify possible career paths include online databases, teachers and this other school employee.
Who is the counselor?
Pathway which studies ag finance, policy, marketing or agricultural law.
Agribusiness & Management
Career choices should be which of the following: temporary, building blocks or permanent.
What are building blocks?
This percentage of jobs are directly related to ag production.
What is 2%?
Substance used in livestock species to control, prevent and treat disease.
What are antibiotics?
The number of agricultural career pathways.
What is 7?
Pathway engaging in various areas of engineering, construction technology, and hydraulics.
What is Agricultural Power, Structures and Technology?
Pathway including careers which report and write ag related news, prepare publications, produce radio and television segments.
What is Agricultural Communications?