This chapter highlights fundamental characteristics of agriculture, characteristicsthat all kinds of farming have in common. We will study these fundamentals asnine themes, which argue that agriculture is a meeting between nature and humansociety; is necessary for human survival; is dependent on land; is ruled by weather,seasons and biological rhythms; is both predictable and unpredictable; is a matterof economizing with resources; is found on almost all continents; is conducted bylarge numbers of farmers; and may be highly infl uenced by social and culturalfactors. Thinking about agriculture in terms of typical characteristics, as the ninepoints just listed, is helpful for your understanding of agriculture as a phenomenon and makes it easier to grasp the multiplicity in agriculture that we will dealwith in the following chapters, for which the fundamental characteristics serve asgeneral points of reference.
AGET 1320 - Fundamentals of Agricultural TechnologyCredit(s): 3Introductory course to acquaint students with a wide range of basic concepts, principles, procedures and applications of engineering and machinery in agriculture. Emphasis on skill areas and fundamental principles of agricultural operations and application.
Fundamentals Of Agriculture
This book aims at presenting the fundamental principles of various aspects of automation and robotics as they relate to production agriculture (the branch of agriculture dealing with farming operations from field preparation to seeding, to harvesting and field logistics). The building blocks of agricultural automation and robotics that are discussed in the book include sensing and machine vision, control, guidance, manipulation and end-effector technologies. The fundamentals and operating principles of these technologies are explained with examples from cutting-edge research and development currently going on around the word. This book brings together scientists, engineers, students and professionals working in these and related technologies to present their latest examples of agricultural automation and robotics research, innovation and development while explaining the fundamentals of the technology. The book, therefore, benefits those who wish to develop novel agricultural engineering solutions and/or to adopt them in the future.
Farmland and related agricultural assets have strong underlying investment fundamentals which distinguish them from many other investments. Farmland provides competitive returns from biological growth with attractive cash yields while portraying the added benefit of the investment characteristics outlined below.
The long-term supply and demand fundamentals of farmland bode extremely well for the patient investor who thinks in terms of decades and not quarters. Without a substitute for food, the growing global population with a rising standard of living will continue to increase demand for farmland and the products it produces. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates we will need to increase global food production 70% by the year 2050. To put this into perspective, more food will need to be produced in the next 50 years than has been produced during the last 10,000 years combined.
The instructor has a background in production agriculture and has experiential knowledge to sort through university and industry recommendations with competency and awareness of day-to-day farm activities.
It's time to talk about Deere & Company (NYSE:DE). In May, I wrote an article titled "Deere's Bumpy Road To New Highs". Since then, the stock is down roughly 14% as we're indeed on a very bumpy road thanks to various headwinds like slower economic growth expectations, volatile crop and energy prices, as well as an aggressive Federal Reserve eager to damage economic demand in order to control inflation. In this article, I'm going to discuss why I added to Deere as the company is in a good spot to not only benefit from an attractive risk/reward given economic conditions but also because it will have to play a major role in a situation where long-term food supply is barely expected to keep up with demand. It helps that Deere is not only the world's largest producer of agriculture equipment but also focused on next-gen technologies aiming to boost yields.
Given the strong fundamentals in agriculture, coupled with the underlying supply constraints, we do not see the industry being able to meet all of the demand that exists in 2022. While difficult to quantify exactly the impact of this, we expect 2023 to be another strong year of industry demand.
In traditional agriculture, the relationship between the size of a pest population during the growing season and the potential severity of crop loss at harvest has long been understood. This is known, in its simplest terms, as the economic threshold level, and is the point at which the potential loss in dollars at harvest time equals the cost of managing a pest at some point during the growing season. In contrast, determining the "potential loss" of ornamental plants is a much more complex calculation, and is subject to the individual client's expectations and desires. Since the "value" of ornamental plants is based primarily on appearance, it is probably safe to speculate that the need to implement pest management occurs long before the long-term health of the plant is affected. In a nursery situation, the economic threshold is attained when a pest presence devalues the wholesale/resale potential of those plants. Oftentimes, a minor amount of insect injury that can significantly reduce a plant's value at the garden center is in no way detrimental to the plant's health.
Hydrothermal (HT) reactions of agricultural and food-processing waste have been proposed as an alternative to conventional waste treatment technologies due to allowing several improvements in terms of process performance and energy and economical advantages, especially due to their great ability to process high moisture content biomass waste without prior dewatering. Complex structures of wastes and unique properties of water at higher temperatures and pressures enable a variety of physical-chemical reactions and a wide spectra of products. This paper's aim is to give extensive information about the fundamentals and mechanisms of HT reactions and provide state of the research of agri-food waste HT conversion.
As schools shift to an online method of teaching during the COVID-19 changes, the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication wanted to provide resources for agriculture teachers who want support in creating variation in their online lessons.
Agriculture encompasses the study of fundamental principles of agriscience safety, scientific and technical procedures, environmental science, food safety, plant and animal sciences applied to agriculture, and food and natural resource systems.
Certifications were developed through comprehensive needs assessments and job analysis within the agriculture industry. AEST Certifications are meeting industry needs by identifying workers with specific, employer-demanded knowledge, skills and abilities to support hiring practices and fill the gap in employment needs.
Agricultural Business Foundations (ABF) introduces students to business management in agriculture. Throughout the course are practical and engaging activities, projects, and problems to develop and improve business and employability skills. Additionally, students investigate and develop viable business plans in order to solve local problems. The business plan ideas are communicated to student peers and members of the professional community.
1 P.D. Ayers, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension agricultural engineer and professor, chemical and bioresource engineering, and B. Bosley, Morgan County Extension. Reviewed by D. Oatman, Extension agriculture agent, Las Animas County. 9/92. Reviewed 1/05.
The UT Farming Fundamentals educational program is an online resource focusing on producers who are beginning a new venture in agriculture. This program will include resources and information on the essential principles needed to build a successful operation.
The driving force behind the Tennessee Master Horse Program (TMHP) is to raise the level of education and improve overall success of horse owners and producers within the state. Additionally, by improving management practices and providing the opportunity for intellectual growth, equine producers and business owners can continue to expand this vital portion of Tennessee agriculture.
That seems like a lofty claim, but when crunching the numbers it becomes readily apparent. Agriculture has been the staple of civilization since man moved away from hunting and gathering. At the same time, it has been a labor-intensive, high-risk, low-reward industry. Farmers are often the most impacted by economic downturns or environmental shifts, and precision agriculture uses IoT systems to help counteract, and in some cases eliminate, the numerous risk factors the agriculture industry faces.
Companies like AT&T and Monsanto also are partnering to rollout new agricultural IoT systems. However, a major obstacle to precision agriculture realizing its full potential is a lack of comprehensive rural broadband systems.
While there have been efforts by the Federal Communications Commission and private carriers to increase rural connectivity, the metric for measuring the amount of connectivity is based on the number of people connected. If IoT is to realize its full potential in the agriculture space, it may require a change of thinking on how to measure the availability of wireless infrastructure in rural, sparsely populated areas.
Smart farming is not just a technical innovation; it is a necessary innovation, which if correctly implemented could help feed a hungry world coping with the environmental stress of climate change. Moreover, the technological innovations of precision agriculture could help farmers be more precise in their use of fertilizers and pesticides, thereby mitigating some environmental impacts. 2ff7e9595c
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