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

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

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

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

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

6. Value Added
Further processing to gain more value to consumer

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. Quiz Time

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

16. 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

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

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

19. Rice Grown in MO bootheel
Field heavily irrigated – artificially watered

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

21. Common Ag Equipment / Machinery

22. Tractor

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

24. Combine
Bean/Wheat Head

25. Combine
Corn Head

27. Plow

28. Video – Plowing & Disking
Field Disk
Video – Plowing & Disking

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

30. Planter

31. Cultivator

32. Sprayer

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

34. Grain Truck

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

36. Square Hay baler

37. Round Hay Baler
Video

38. Hay Rake

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

40. Tractor Wrecks