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Challenges to Agriculture

Challenges to Agriculture. What is our future?. Challenges. Feeding the world/food security Understanding what G x E x M means Increasing the efficiency of plant and animal production Promoting the soil as a resource Developing effective linkages with pest specialists

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Challenges to Agriculture

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  1. Challenges toAgriculture What is our future?

  2. Challenges • Feeding the world/food security • Understanding what G x E x M means • Increasing the efficiency of plant and animal production • Promoting the soil as a resource • Developing effective linkages with pest specialists • Focus on product quality (grain, forage)

  3. Feeding the World/Food Security

  4. The Problem

  5. Optimism of US Corn Production Expect yields to continue to increase

  6. Reality of World Wheat Production Wheat and Rice show a leveling in yield increases in the past 20 years

  7. Understanding what G x E x M Means

  8. Increasing the Efficiency of Crop and Animal Production

  9. Promoting the Soil as a Resource

  10. Vulnerable Areas of the world

  11. Soil Water Availability Hudson, 1994

  12. Developing Effective Linkages with Pest Specialists

  13. Insects, Diseases, and Weeds • Weeds are showing a positive response to rising CO2 concentrations • Insect and disease pressure increase with more favorable environments over the winter and more humid conditions during the growing season.

  14. Pests • Increasing temperatures will expand the range of overwintering insects • Additional stress on plants will create a condition of potential susceptibility to pathogens and insects

  15. Focus on Product Quality (Grain, Forage)

  16. Product Quality • Within season conditions will affect the quality of the grain, fiber, or fruit. • Examples • Protein content in wheat • Aflatoxin in grains • Wine quality • Raisin quality

  17. Challenges • Feeding the world/food security • Understanding what G x E x M means • Increasing the efficiency of plant and animal production • Promoting the soil as a resource • Developing effective linkages with pest specialists • Focus on product quality (grain, forage)

  18. Challenges • Agronomists are positioned to address these challenges • Need to focus on the system with its moving parts to fully develop solutions applicable to producers

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