A Productive Profession

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How We Make a Difference

• A Productive Profession
• Civilization flourishes only when it
  can produce food in excess of farmers needs.

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How We Make a Difference

• The innovations of agricultural
• and biological engineers have
• increased productivity . . .
• and slashed agricultural man-hours.

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How We Make a Difference

• As a result, the time and talents of
  millions shifted from agricultural tasks to other
  endeavors that have advanced society in enormous
  and innumerable ways.

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How We Make a Difference

• Health care, technology, and social progress have
  advanced at a rate previously unknown . . .
• thanks in large measure to the unique expertise
  and innovation ofagricultural and biological
  engineers.

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How We Make a Difference

• Challenges continue to emerge, as population
  grows and our understanding of our natural
  world deepens.
• Agricultural and biological engineers
  lead the way in ensuring we have the
  necessities for life.

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The World We Work In

• Our limited natural resources demand we produce
  more . . .with less . . .
• and increased productivity cannot degrade our
  environment.

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The World We Work In

• So . . . ASABE members innovate to
• Enhance food and feed production
• Curb soil erosion
• Develop safer, more efficient farm equipment
• Keep foods fresher
• Transport foods faster
• Engineer a healthy environment for living things
• Devise better systems for biological safety
• Ensure clean water and air

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The World We Work In

• And more! Agricultural and biological engineers .
  . .
• Refine sprayer technologies and practices to
  minimize use of pesticides
• Identify new uses for agricultural products and
  by-products
• Develop sound techniques for handling or reusing
  food-processing waste
• Develop resources and technologies for renewable
  energy alternatives
• Devise innovative methods of soil and water
  remediation

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The World We Work In

• ASABE members work in places like
• Tyson Foods, Sunkist, General Mills, Gerber Foods
• AGCO, CNH, Caterpillar, John Deere
• Briggs Stratton, Cummins Engine,
  Harley-Davidson
• Valmont, Rainbird
• USDA Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative
  Extension Services
• US Department of Defense, Department of Energy
• US Natural Resources Conservation Service,
  Environmental Protection Agency
• NASA
• Lester Buildings, Morton Buildings
• Dow, Monsanto, Cargill
• And other places youd never expect!

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The World We Work In

• ASABE members manufacture farm equipment and
  structures process and produce food, fiber, and
  feed and develop new uses for agricultural
  products, by-products, and wastes.

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Innovations Weve Created

• Our profession is as diverse
• as the world we live in . . .
• and as important as
• the life we enjoy.

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Innovations Weve Created

• Agricultural and biological engineering existed
  long before ASABE.

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Innovations Weve Created

• Cyrus McCormicks mechanical reaper is but one
  example.
• He combined his knowledge
• of mechanics . . .

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Innovations Weve Created

• With an understanding of soil
• and plant material . . .
• to change agriculture forever.

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Innovations Weve Created

• Men like John Deere . . .
• and Eli Whitney . . .
• did much the same thing.

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Innovations Weve Created

• Today, their innovative
• spirit carries on.
• Agricultural and biological engineers
• Make high-speed tractors safe and practical
• Help to minimize or eliminate farm pesticides
• Convert agricultural products to alternative
  fuels
• Preserve and protect our environment and
  natural resources

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Innovations Weve Created

• But, ASABE members have done
• even more
• Produced the first round hay baler
• Pioneered conservation tillage techniques
• Developed the first successful grain aeration
  system
• Developed nondestructive technology for grain
  quality evaluation
• Designed the Slow-Moving Vehicle emblem

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Innovations Weve Created

• These and a host of other sustainable
  innovations and advancements have been
  made possible by innovative agricultural and
  biological engineers.
• They understand the interrelationships
  between technology and living systems.

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Innovations Weve Created

• And they rely on ASABE to
• help advance that insight
• for the good of us all.

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Who We Are

• ASABE . . . a century-old educational
  organization of men and women who devise
  new, sustainable solutions for agricultural and
  biologically based products.

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Who We Are

• ASABE has nearly 10,000 members throughout
  the world.

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Who We Are

• ASABE keeps its members abreast of emerging
  technologies, standards, accreditation, and
  advances in a wide variety of specialties.

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Who We Are

• ASABE provides members with
• Educational and scientific networking
• Exchange of technical information
• Promotion of the profession and its
  innovations
• Development of domestic and international
  standards

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Who We Are

• ASABE provides online access to
• Interactive forums
• Conference information
• 65,000 pages of technical documents
• Membership and technical databases

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Who We Are

• ASABE provides resources for
• Emerging technologies
• Industry standards
• Accreditation
• Advances in professional specialties

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Who We Are

• ASABE is on the cutting edge of sustainable
  solutions for the future thereby helping members
  and their companies ensure the availability
  of food choices.

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Who We Are

• It all leads to greater innovation . . . faster.
• Thats the difference
• ASABE makes.

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• So, This Year, We Celebrate . . .
• 100 Years of Innovation.
• Please Join Us!

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