ANSC 107 1nd Edition

Lecture
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Outline of Current Lecture

II. Human needs

III. Advancements in Agriculture

IV. Future of Agriculture
V. Influences on Agriculture

Facts

 Pork is red meat, but looks white because of marketing techniques

 18 years ago, 5 people in class ate lamb. Now 80% of class eat lamb
Feeding the World

 2% provided food for the US and surplus that is sent abroad

 We sell mean and grains overseas
 Our food comes from lamb, goat, hamburger, garlic, produce
 Problems and concerns-food safety and animal welfare
What are basic human needs?

 Food, shelter, clothing, fuel, emotional well being

 Animal products provide 16% of the valorizes and 35% of the protein
 Increased productivity
Advancements in Agriculture

 Frees people from producing their own food

 Per capita income
-US 12% of income for food
-India and China 55-65% of income

 4.3 billion large farm animals (ruminants)

 Per capita consumption of red meat 272 pounds
 We ate 8 billion chicken in the US
-Because they are cheaper than red meat
-Older people number 1 concern- quality and taste
-Artificial insemination-turkeys cannot breath naturally

Companionship/Recreation

 26 million dogs and 21 million cats

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  30 million tons of cat and dog food
 Horses
 Other animals-both small and large
 Emotional well being
Land Conservation

 Sustainable agriculture
 Utilize forage
 Control unwanted plants
 Control wildfires
 Decreased use of chemical herbicides
Changes in Agriculture

 Size operations-increase production efficiency

 Traceability of product-conception to consumption
 Quality assurance of product
 Family farms are declining
 New food producing sources
Worries about agriculture?

 Food safety, quality, wholesomeness

 Hormone implants
 Contamination/where does it come from?
 Animal welfare
 Environmental safety
Influences of media on agriculture

 Jack and the box-beef industry

 BST in dairy cattle-dairy industry
 BSE
 Adkins diet-meat industry
 Chicken vs. beef- heath issues
 Eggs-cholesterol
 KFC and abused chicken
 Cage layers
 Gestation/farrowing stalls
 Selective breeding
Influence of Foreign Agriculture

 Covet US market
 Impact on US prices
 Impact of US on foreign markets
 Differences in production
 Labor rates
 Cost of chemicals and supplies US regulations and procedures
What does future hold for agriculture?
  Increase size of operations=decrease cost of production
-Sam’s, Wal-Mart, McDonalds

 US wants cheap food prices

 How do we keep our prices down?
 Genetic improvements in livestock and crops
-Selection of superior animals
-Embryo transfer, splitting, cloning
-Semen sexing
-Changes in production and management
-Nationwide traceability

 Irradiation of food
 Gene mapping
-Identify good and bad traits
-Identify superior products

 Cloning
-Disease resistant animals

 Genetic modified organisms

 Continue to produce cheap safe and wholesome product
 Increased animal welfare
Putting agriculture into perspective

 Milk production has increased by almost 7000 million pounds in the last 3 years
 Most fast food restaurants import beef for lower prices
 In 2000 more than 10% of total US beef supplies came from outside US
Where does most food contamination come from?

 Cross contamination when cooking

 Improper cooking temps-hamburgers/steak/pork
Fun Facts

 One steer can provide 540 servings of beef

 Americans eat an average of 46 slices of pizza a year
 Iowa is the state leader of pork, soybean, and corn
 Cows udder hold 25-30 pounds
 Baby pigs weigh 3.5 pounds at birth
 Honeybees would have to visit 2 million flowers to make one pound jar of honey
 Potatoes contain almost no fat
 Figs are the first fruits to be dried