Products
Define: Import
What is.... a commodity that is purchased from another country and shipped to the U.S.
By far the largest U.S. agricultural imports are horticultural products.
Primary countries for imports: Canada, Mexico, and Brazil
Plant cultivation and management
What is ... Horticulture
Soil and land management and Use
What is ... Soil Science
I am the #1 agricultural commodity in Texas by revenue. What am I?
What is ... Cattle
$15.5 billion
Agriculture is the source for the three basic things humans need to survive:
What is...
1.Food: meat, milk, eggs, fruit, vegetables, oil, butter, etc.
2.Clothing: leather, cotton, wool, silk, even synthetics
3.Shelter: lumber, plastics, insulation, carpeting
Define: Export
What is ... a commodity that is grown in the U.S. but shipped to another country
Export examples: bulk commodities such as wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans, high-value products (HVP) such as meats, poultry, live animals, vegetable oils, fruits, vegetables
Cultivation and Conservation of forests, wildlife and other natural resources
What is ... Forestry and Natural Resources
Study of biology and management of domesticated animals for human use
What is... Animal Production
I rank directly below the #1 Texas agricultural commodity. What am I?
What is ... Poultry and Eggs: $5 billion
Define: Agriculture
What is ... the science and management of the natural organisms that produce food, fiber, and other resources for human use.
**The largest industry in the U.S. employing over 20 million people
Define: Product
What is ... something that is produced as the primary substance that will be sold or processed and then sold.
Examples: meat, milk, eggs, wool, hay, corn, soybeans, cotton, honey, peanuts, timber, flowers
Crop production and research
What is... Agronomy
Production of aquatic species for human use
What is ... Aquaculture
I am the third-highest revenue-generating agricultural commodity in Texas. What am I?
Dairy: $3.5 billion
A Texas farmer grows cotton and sells it to a company that turns it into clothing.
What is the cotton considered?
A commodity/product
Define: By-product
What is ... something that is made during the production or manufacture of something else and therefore is the secondary product
Examples: leather, vegetable oil, glue, beeswax
Use and development of equipment for agriculture purposes
What is ... Agricultural Mechanics
Which commodity ranks higher in Texas: Corn or Cotton?
(determine which one belongs higher on their list.)
A Texas farmer grows wheat and sells it to Canada. From the United States' point of view, what is this called?
Export
Define: Commodity
What is ... a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold
Examples: cattle, cotton, wheat, corn, chickens
Research and innovation to improve agriculture methods
What is ... Agriscience and Biotechnology
"Final Ranking" challenge -- rank#6 - #10
These are listed in no particular order...
- Fruits, Vegetables, and Tree Nuts
- Sorghum
- Rice
- Greenhouse and Nursery
- Wheat
#6 Greenhouse and Nursery: $1.2 billion
#7 Fruits, Vegetables, and Tree Nuts: $846 million
#8 Wheat: $443 million
#9 Sorghum: $435 million
#10 Rice $269 million
A Texas ranch raises cattle. The ranch sells the cattle to a processing company, which uses the meat to make hamburgers. The ranch also sells the hides, which are used to make leather products. What do we call the leather-producing material that comes from the cattle but is not the primary product the ranch sells?
By-product