| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Agriculture | activites concerned with the production of plants and animals, and the related supplies, services, mechanics, products, processing, and marketing. |
| Agriculture Ed. | teaching a program management in agriculture. |
| Soil Science | study of the propertys, and management of soil to grow plants. |
| Biology | basic science of the plant and animal kingdoms. |
| Animal Science | animal growth, care, and mamagement |
| Technology | application of science to an industrial or commercial objective. |
| Organic Food | food that has been grown without the certain chemical pesticides. |
| Renewable Natural Resources | resource provided by nature that can replace themselves. |
| Agribusiness | commercial firms that have developed with or steam out of agriculture. |
| Enviornment | space and mass around us. |
| Agriculture Engineering | application of engineering principles in agriculture settings. |
| Ornamentals | science or fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. |
| Chemisty | science dealing with the characteristics of elements or simple substances. |
| Bio Chemisty | chemistry as it applies to living things. |
| Entomology | science of insect life. |
| agronomy | science of soil and feild crops. |
| Horticulture | the science of producing, prossessing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. |
| Aquaculture | raising of finfish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals under controled conditions. |
| Agriscience | all jobs relating in some way to plants, animals, and renewable natural resorce. |
| Crop science | use of moderan priciples in growing and managing crops. |
| 5 million | the farm population in the U.S. has declined from 22 million in 1880 to less than ______ today. |
| 2.5 hours | today, only ______of labor are needed to produce 100 bushels of corn. |
| 99% | today _______ of U.S. farms are owned by individuals, family partnerships or conporations with fewer than ten stockholders. |
| 40 bushels | in 1850 yeilds of corn were about ________ per acre. |
| tabacco | _________ accounts for only $3 billion in farm sales and income. |
| 1950 | by _______ commercial ferilizers and tractors pushed yields to about 50 bushels per acre. |
| 100 bushels | in 1950 about 14 hours of labor were required to produce _________ of corn. |
| 90 hours | in 1850, about _________ of labor were required to raise 100 bushels or corn. |
| 200 bushels | Today, corn yields are routinely over _________ per acre. |
| meat animals | _________ accounts for $51 billion in farm sales and income. |
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