Food and Fiber System
This sector includes crops, livestock, and forestry.
Production
This is the approximate annual contribution agriculture makes to U.S. GDP.
About $1.5 trillion
This country is one of the U.S.’s largest agricultural trade partners, along with Mexico and Canada.
China (also acceptable: Japan or EU)
This measures production within a country’s borders.
GDP
This federal agency oversees farming programs and meat inspection.
USDA
This sector turns raw agricultural products into usable goods.
Processing
This is the approximate percentage of total U.S. GDP agriculture accounts for.
About 5–6%
This is the approximate value of annual U.S. agricultural exports.
$175–200 billion
This measures production by a nation’s residents worldwide.
GNP
This agency regulates pesticides and environmental protection.
EPA
This sector involves transporting and marketing agricultural products.
Distribution
This is the number of Americans employed by agriculture and related industries.
22+ million
This export commodity brings in approximately $30–40+ billion annually.
Soybeans
This is one reason agriculture impacts GNP.
Exports contribute to national income (also acceptable: U.S. companies operating abroad, supports rural economies, food security stabilizes economy)
This law focuses on preventing foodborne illness.
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
These industries include equipment sales, veterinarians, finance, and technology.
Support Industries
This term describes economic activity from the production of goods such as farming and ranching.
Direct economic impact
Name two major agricultural imports to the United States.
Coffee, bananas, avocados, berries, tropical fruits, seafood, sugar (any two)
This stabilizes the economy and is strengthened by agriculture.
Food security
This law regulates water pollution from agricultural operations.
Clean Water Act
Name all six sectors of the Food & Fiber System.
Production, Processing, Distribution, Marketing, Retail, Support Industries
This term describes economic activity that supports agriculture, like equipment manufacturing and transportation.
Indirect economic impact
This economic condition occurs when a country exports more than it imports.
Trade surplus
Explain the difference between GDP and GNP.
GDP measures production within a country’s borders, while GNP measures production by a nation’s citizens worldwide.
Name three reasons agriculture is regulated.
Public health & food safety, environmental protection, animal welfare, trade standards, consumer protection (any three)