1. Importance of Agriculture
By: Brad Buckner
Chapter 1
2/11/05

2. Objectives Explain the meaning of agriculture
Describe why agriculture is important.
Discuss how agriculture has changed.
Identify the role of systems in agriculture.

3. What is agriculture?
The production and marketing of food and fiber products.
Crops
Animals

4. Two areas of Agriculture
Production Agriculture Work done on the farm
Agribusiness work done off the farm.

5. Production Agriculture
Also known as farming or ranching.
Crops are plants that are grown for its products.
Live stock, Cattle poultry, sheep.
Less than 1% are involved in production agriculture.

6. Agribusiness 25% of all Jobs are related to agriculture.
Getting products from the farm to the consumer.
This area also consist of professionals such as vets and chemist.

7. Other areas Of Agriculture
Horticulture
Forestry
Natural Resources

8. Horticulture The production of plants for their beauty and usefulness.
Includes ornamentals and food crops.
Lettuce ,apples , nuts

9. Forestry
The science and art of growing trees and making them into products.
Tree farms is a farm that specializes in growing trees.

10. Natural resources
Water
Minerals
Wildlife
Oil
Air
soil

11. Why is agriculture important?
We must have food, clothing , and housing.

12. Food The solid and liquid material we eat each day.
How much food do you eat?
Milk lbs.
Vegetables lbs.
Cereal lbs.
Red meat lbs.
Potatoes lbs.
Fruit lbs.
Poultry lbs.
Fish lbs

13. Clothing The covering we wear on our bodies.
Fiber is a tiny piece of solid material that is like a thread.
Fiber comes from animals and plants.

14. Housing
Wood is the product of trees.
Lumber, plywood, furniture
                                                    

15. How has Agriculture Changed?
Early settlers lived by hunting and fishing.
They grew few crops and raised a small number of animals.
Native Americans played an important part in the success of the early settlers.
Europe desired products such as cotton, flax, tea, and rice.

16. Assignment Cotton gin John Deere Jethro Tull Cyrus McCormick
Steam Engine
Internal Combustion Engine
Gegor Mendel
Fertilizer
Squanto
Henry Ford
Crop farming