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What is Agriscience?

What is Agriscience?. Knightdale High School. Just for Starters…. On your own paper answer the next few questions. Your answers will help me to determine what your level of prior knowledge is. Please answer each question honestly and fully.

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What is Agriscience?

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  1. What is Agriscience? Knightdale High School

  2. Just for Starters… • On your own paper answer the next few questions. • Your answers will help me to determine what your level of prior knowledge is. • Please answer each question honestly and fully. • If you have no idea, say so, otherwise tell me what you think the answer is. • There are no wrong answers today.

  3. Agriculture Basics • 1. What is agriculture? • 2. How many people work in agricultural jobs? • 3. How many jobs are there in agriculture? • 4. What percentage of American workers work in agricultural jobs?

  4. Importance of Agriculture • 5. What would happen to us if there was no such thing as agriculture? • 6. How much of an impact (in dollars) does agriculture have on the economy of NC? • 7. How much of an impact (in dollars) does agriculture have on the US economy? • 8. Which state has the largest income from agriculture?

  5. Agriculture Basics- The Facts • 1. Agriculture is the growing, raising, research, development, marketing, selling, repairing, and movement of crops, livestock, and their by-products.

  6. Agriculture Basics- The Facts • 2. At least 17% of all Americans work in agriculture. That’s almost 75 million people. • 3. There are over 300 career opportunities in agriculture. They range from jobs working in crop fields to jobs working in scientific laboratories. • 4. 17% of Americans work in agriculture.

  7. The Importance of Agriculture • 5. Where would we be without agriculture? Naked, Hungry, and Homeless. • Agriculture provides people with fibers for clothing, all of our food, and materials used for building homes, schools, and more.

  8. The Dollars and Cents of Ag • 6. Each year agriculture contributed 62.6 billion dollars to the NC economy. Agriculture is the single largest industry in NC, employing more people (20%)and contributing more money to the economy(22%) than any other industry.

  9. The Dollars and Cents of Ag • 7. In 2002, the market value of agricultural products sold totaled $200,646,355,000. • That’s $200.6 billion dollars. • 8. The state with the most income from agriculture is California, with over $25 .7 billion in total receipts for 2002.

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