Agriculture
Make
Cotton, hemp, tobacco.
Missouri is home to how many farms?
88,000
Most cotton and rice is grown in what part of the state?
Southeast/Bootheel
A raw material or primary ag product that can be bought or sold is a what?
Commodity
List 3 commodities
Corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, wheat, sorghum, cattle, hogs, chickens, sheep, goats.
Processing means to what?
Change
Horticulture and landscape has to deal with what?
Turf and grass, small plants in commercial and home landscapes.
The average size of a farm in Missouri is?
308 acres
Missouri ranks what in soybean production?
7th
Missouri ranks 8th in ________ production with 4.83 million tons?
Hay
How is technology being used to make agriculture more efficient?
Increased crop yields, less manpower needed, faster.
What is the definition of agriculture?
The production, processing, marketing and distribution of plants, animals and other supporting ag goods and services.
List two examples of other goods.
By-products, timber, conservation
The average American farmer feeds how many people?
166
What is the practice of alternating crops each year in order to conserve nitrogen in the soil?
Crop rotation.
Missouri ranks _________ in cotton and rice production?
4th
Explain ag systems technology and list two technologies that are being used.
Drones. larger machines, GMOs, vertical farming
Distribution means to what?
Ship and transport
List two examples of fuel.
Ethanol and biodiesel
Missouri agriculture employs how many people?
460,000
The #1 and #2 crops in Missouri are what?
Soybeans and corn
Missouri ranks what in soybean, broiler chicken and hog production?
Which ag sector deals with management and business practices associated with timber and trees?
Forestry, fishing and related activities.
Marketing means to what?
Sell or advertise
What role includes income from taxes?
Revenue
The average American spends what percentage of income on food?
9-11%
56lbs and 60lbs
Missouri ranks _____ in beef production with 1.84 million head?
3rd
List and explain 5 ways you use agriculture daily.