Introduction to Agricultural Production & Products Ag Science I Mr. Dieckhoff

Hieroglyphics Moment On a sheet of printer paper, draw pictures (similar to what ancient Egyptians used) on what Agriculture means to you

So….What is Agriculture? Science that studies the activities of food, fiber, and natural resources Watch Video!

What is the foundation of Agriculture? Supplies, Services, Mechanics, Products Processing, Marketing Production Agriculture

But….Ag Producers Get the Smallest Piece of the Pie

Value Added Further processing to gain more value to consumer

Value-Added Food Activity With the people at your table, develop a value-added food product to be marketed across the US in supermarkets.

Common Types of Agriculture Producers in Missouri Beef Cattle Swine Corn Soybeans Wheat Greenhouse Crops Poultry Dairy Cattle Goats Sheep Rice Cotton

Beef Cattle - video Primarily grown for meat Cow-calf producer – raises cows on grass, sells calves at 8 months old Stocker Producer – feeds calves on grass for 4 months Feedlot Finisher – feeds calves corn to fatten out for 4-8 months MO great pasture for cow-calf (#2) Judging Activity

Swine Most hogs raised in confinement – indoor, climate controlled, fresh feed & water Hybrid Vigor – results of breeding that allows offspring to be better than parents with particular trait Judging Activity Video

Field Corn GMO Video Largest crop in US Native to North America Used for animal feed, corn oil, & ethanol – alcohol fuel from corn Biotechnology – genetic engineering to improve plants for producers or consumers GMO Video

Soybeans Crop Rotation – rotating grass (corn) & legume (soybeans) to help soil nutrients Legume (nitrogen fixation) – plants convert nitrogen from the air to useable nitrogen in the soil Used for feed, ink, food, oil, bio-diesel-fuel from soybeans

Wheat Four types: Soft Red Winter – cookies, dough Hard Red Winter – bread flour Hard Red Spring - bread Durum - Pastas

Quiz Time

Poultry Placing Classes Activity Poultry includes both chickens, egg layers, and turkeys Largest Missouri Industry Raised in confinement Poultry Placing Classes Activity

Dairy Cattle Raised near large cities Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Cooperative – business where members buy or sell together for more bargaining power All milk is pasteurized (heated to over 140 degrees and then cooled) homogenization – pressurizing milk to break-up fat particles

Goats Breeds for Dairy or Meat Boer – breed of meat goat

Sheep Both wool and meat breeds Club Lamb – lamb for show Video

Rice Grown in MO bootheel Field heavily irrigated – artificially watered

Cotton Grown in MO bootheel Cotton boll – head on a cotton plant BollGuard Cotton

Common Ag Equipment / Machinery

Tractor

Separates grain from plant Combine Thresher Reaper Cuts the plant Separates grain from plant Combine Video

Combine Bean/Wheat Head

Combine Corn Head

Plow

Video – Plowing & Disking Field Disk Video – Plowing & Disking

No-Till Drill (not plowing, tilling or disking soil)

Planter

Cultivator

Sprayer

Anhydrous Ammonia – nitrogen held in soil for future corn land Anhydrous Applicator Anhydrous Ammonia – nitrogen held in soil for future corn land Application Video

Grain Truck

Enclosed screw device used to transport grain Auger Enclosed screw device used to transport grain

Square Hay baler

Round Hay Baler Video

Hay Rake

Blades move along a channel to cut grass Cutting Hay Video Sickle Bar Rotary Disk Blades move along a channel to cut grass

Tractor Wrecks