AG DEFINITIONS
The science and management of the natural organisms that produce food, fiber, and other resources for human use.
What is Agriculture?
The study of the biology and management of domesticated animals for human use
What is Animal Science?
Large Scale Farm Operations
What is Intensive Farming?
Products sold from the USA and bought from another nation.
What are exports?
Macro-molecules that provide short-term energy supply.
What are Carbohydrates?
One of the basic need of humans, which includes meat, milk, eggs, fruit, vegetables, oil, butter, etc.
What is Food?
The cultivation and conservation of forests, wildlife, and other natural resources.
What is Forestry & Natural Resources?
Small scale farming, enough to feed your family
What is Subsistence Farming?
Products bought from USA sold from other nations.
What are Imports?
Oily compounds that are not soluble in water and provide long-term energy supply.
What are Lipids/Fats?
One of the basic need of humans which includes leather, cotton, wool, silk, even synthetics.
What is Clothing?
The study of soil and land management as it relates to use by humans.
What is Soil Science?
Type of farming where use of herbicides, pesticides, and other chemicals are not applied to crops.
What is Organic Farming?
Buying and Selling of commodities by two or more nations.
What is International Trade?
Organic compounds used by the body to carry out specific functions.
What are vitamins?
One of the basic needs of humans which include lumber, plastics, insulation, carpeting.
What is Shelter?
The art and science of plant cultivation and management.
What is Horticulture?
The responsibility to manage natural resources in ways that ensure their sustainability for current and future generations.
What is Stewardship?
The branch of Agriculture that deals with working with machinery, GPS, and other ways to improve farming.
What is Ag Engineering?
Inorganic elements needed for the body to perform and function properly.
What are minerals?
The growing, harvesting, storing and processing of vegetables
What is a Olericulture?
Research and innovation in methods to improve the efficiency, quality, and usefulness of agricultural products.
What is Agriscience and Biotechnology?
The cultivation of garden plants.
What is Horticulture?
Branch of Agriculture that deals with synthetics, chemicals, pesticides and herbicides.
What is Ag Chemistry?
Long chain amino acids held together by peptide bonds.
What are proteins?