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The Importance of Agriculture
-Agriscience in Our Lives-
Holton Agricultural Education Department

Agriculture Exploration Class
What was it like?
What was it like?
Every second was spent worrying about your next meal.
Hunters and Gatherers
If you wanted to eat you either had to go out and kill it or go out
and gather it.
Nature provided caves for shelter and wood for fire.
Wild animals provided meat for food and clothing.
What is Agriscience?
Agriculture -
Agriculture - The production, processing,

and marketing of food, fiber, and renewable
natural resources.
Agriculture - The production, processing, and
marketing of food, fiber, and renewable
natural resources.
Production involves the actual producing of
the food and fiber, this area includes all of
the inputs necessary for production and all of
the production labor.
marketing of food, fiber, and renewable natural
resources.
Production involves the actual producing of
the food and fiber, this are includes all of the
inputs necessary for production and all of the
production labor.
Grain, Livestock, and Fruit Farming
marketing of food, fiber, and renewable natural
resources.
Production involves the actual producing of the food
and fiber, this are includes all of the inputs necessary
for production and all of the production labor.
Grain, Livestock, and Fruit Farming
Chemicals, fertilizers, & supporting agribusiness
natural resources.
Processing involves the changing of a raw
natural product and converting it into a
useable, consumable product.
natural resources.
Processing involves the changing of a raw
natural product and converting it into a
useable, consumable product.
Grain and Feed Milling, Meat Processing,
Saw Mills, etc.
natural resources.
Marketing involves packaging, distribution,
and sales of finished agriculture products to
retailers and to the consumers.
natural resources.
Marketing involves packaging, distribution,
and sales of finished agriculture products to
retailers and to the consumers.
Shipping, advertising, restaurants, grocery
stores, lumber yards, etc.
Agriscience Defined -
Agriscience Defined - The application of

scientific principles and new technologies
relating to agriculture.
Agriscience Defined - The application of
scientific principles and new technologies
relating to agriculture.
Agriscience makes our agriculture production
system more productive and efficient.
Agriscience - Science put into action.
The Basic Sciences
The Basic Sciences
Biology
Earth Science
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Physics
The Applied Sciences
Applied Sciences
Horticulture
Animal Science
Agronomy
Agriculture Mechanization
Aquaculture
Integrated Pest Management
Irrigation
Currently people in the united states only

spend 14 cents of every dollar they earn on
food.

food.
Food in the United State is cheaper than any

other place in the world.

food.
Food in the United State is cheaper than any

other place in the world.
Advances in agriscience are the reason!!!
Recent Agriculture Headlines
BST - Bovine Somatotropin
E. Coli Food Poisoning

Beef and Apple Juice
Growth Hormones
Growth Hormones
Biotechnology or genetic
engineering
Growth Hormones
engineering
-Bt Corn
Growth Hormones
engineering
-Bt Corn
-Roundup Ready Beans
Growth Hormones
engineering -Bt CornRoundup Ready Beans
Oprah Winfrey Trial
Growth Hormones
engineering -Bt Corn-Roundup
Ready Beans
Oprah Winfrey Trial will never eat another burger
Growth Hormones
Ready Beans
Pesticides in the drinking water
Pesticide residues found on

fruit
Growth Hormones
Ready Beans

fruit
Growth Hormones
BSE - Bovine Spongiform

Ecephalathy
-(Mad Cow Disease)
Ready Beans

fruit
Growth Hormones

Ecephalathy
-(Mad Cow Disease)
Livestock waste runoff in water
Ready Beans
Pesticide residues found on fruit
Growth Hormones
Ready Beans

Ecephalathy -(Mad Cow
Disease)
Livestock waste runoff in water
Methane is depleting the ozone

and causing global warming
The Media Can Be Pretty Scary
You should know enough to make and

informed decision and find out the rest of
the information.

the information.
Knowledge is your protection.

the information.
Intelligent people listen to all of the
information and then ask the right
questions.

the information.
Intelligent people listen to all of the
information and then ask the right
questions.
What do you believe?
If you were to believe all of the negative

publicity about the agriculture industry then
you wont be left with many options when it
comes time for dinner.

publicity about the agriculture industry then
you wont be left with many options when it
comes time for dinner.
Meat, grains, juices, fruit, vegetables, water,
milk, pasta, etc have all been challenged as
not safe by the recent media attention on
agriculture.

publicity about the agriculture industry then you
wont be left with many options when it comes
time for dinner.
Meat, grains, juices, fruit, vegetables, water,
milk, pasta, etc have all been challenged as not
safe by the recent media attention on agriculture.
If all of these foods are unsafe then what is left?
Are you hungry?
Are you hungry?
You will eat for the rest of your life.
Are you hungry?
You will eat for the rest of your life.
The more you know

about agriculture the
better off you will be!!!

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The Importance of Agriculture

-Agriscience in Our Lives-

Holton Agricultural Education Department

What was it like?

What was it like?

Every second was spent worrying about your next meal.

Hunters and Gatherers

Hunters and Gatherers

Nature provided caves for shelter and wood for fire.

Hunters and Gatherers

Wild animals provided meat for food and clothing.

Agriculture - The production, processing,

Chemicals, fertilizers, & supporting agribusiness

Agriscience Defined - The application of

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Agriscience - Science put into action.

The Basic Sciences

Agriscience - Science put into action.

The Basic Sciences

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Agriscience - Science put into action.

The Applied Sciences

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Currently people in the united states only

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Currently people in the united states only

Food in the United State is cheaper than any

Agriscience - Science put into action.

Currently people in the united states only

Food in the United State is cheaper than any

Advances in agriscience are the reason!!!

Recent Agriculture Headlines

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Oprah Winfrey Trial

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin

E. Coli Food Poisoning

Oprah Winfrey Trial will never eat another burger

Recent Agriculture Headlines

BST - Bovine Somatotropin