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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?
 Agriculture –
Science that studies the
activities of food, fiber, and
natural resources
Watch Video!

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

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
 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. Beef Judging
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11. 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
Video

12. Field Corn
 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

13. 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 (crushing)
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14. Wheat
 Four types:
1. Soft Red Winter –
cookies, dough
2. Hard Red Winter –
bread flour
3. Hard Red Spring -
bread
4. Durum - Pastas

15. Vertical Farming
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jix
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16. Quiz Time

17. Poultry
 Poultry includes
both broilers, layers,
and turkeys
 Largest Missouri
Industry
 Raised in
confinement
Poultry Placing Classes Activity

18. 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

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

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

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

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

23. Common Ag Equipment /
Machinery

24. Tractor

25. Combine
Cuts the plant
Separates grain from
plant
Video

26. Combine

27. Combine

29. Plow

30. Field Disk
Video – Plowing &
Disking

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

32. Planter

33. Cultivator

34. Sprayer

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

36. Grain Truck

37. Auger
Enclosed screw device
used to transport grain

38. Square Hay baler

39. Round Hay Baler Video

40. Hay Rake

41. Cutting Hay
Blades move along a
channel to cut grass

42. Tractor Wrecks