Objective 02.02

• Name agriscience products and their impact on national and international economic growth.

• 20% of all jobs in the US are agriscience related

• Jobs include those that help support farmers meet the world’s needs

• Areas:– Production– Processing, products, and distribution– Supplies and services

• Agricultural production is supported by many more careers than actually exist in production

• The projection is for the average size of farms in the US to increase while the number of farms decrease.

• In the mid 1990s the #1 meat export as far as tonnage shipped from the US is poultry.

• Corn ranks in the top 5 US grain exports year after year.

• Soybeans are the world’s most important source of vegetable oil and provide basic materials for hundreds of product.

North Carolina Agriculture

• The top 3 ag. Commodities in terms of cash:– Hogs,

– Broilers

– tobacco

Green Revolution vs.

Green Industry

• The Green Revolution was the process where many countries became self-sufficient in food production by using improved crop varieties and practices.

Green Industry

• The modern horticulture industry with emphasis on turf and landscape plants