1. Plant Science Lessons Unit 1, Lesson 5 Introduction to South Dakota Agriculture Crops

2. Student Learning Objectives As a result of this lesson, the student will …  Objective #1 Appreciate the Diversity of Agriculture Production in South Dakota.  Objective #2 Understand the Scope and Value of Agriculture Production in South Dakota.

3. Are plants important to these people?

4.  How much money does South Dakota agriculture generate each year?

5. Can you believe it?  South Dakota, in 2002, agriculture generated $3,834,625,000 (That’s billions!)

6. Top South Dakota Commodities  The top four crop commodities for South Dakota are Soybeans, Forage, Corn for grain, wheat.  The top four livestock commodities are cattle/calves, Layers, Turkeys, Hogs / Pigs.

7. How important is agriculture in South Dakota?  Let’s explore this in terms of: –Diversity –Scope –Value In groups, you will be given 15 minutes to come up with a presentation on the different agriculture products (Diversity) the amount of production (Scope) and the dollars sold (Value) for our county.

8. Agriculture and South Dakota It’s essential!