Emerging Agribusiness Technologies

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Emerging Agribusiness Technologies

• Chapter 3

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• Agricultural technologies are applied sciences
• However, once they have been developed, it is
  the agribusiness ________ or ________ sector that
  sells or markets the emerging technologies

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• We use the technologies to improve ag _________
  and to improve methods of __________, __________,
  and ___________ ag goods.
• Ag technologies have expanded at a rapid rate
  since the beginning of recorded history.

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• The ag industry is moving at such a rapid rate
  that it is difficult, if not impossible, to label
  any process or procedure as new or futuristic.

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• The purpose of this chapter is to give an
  overview of the ag industry as viewed by any
  generation.

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It is said

• In the area of technology alone, there will be
  more new developments in the next 15 years than
  in all of history to this point.
• Simply put, the world is changing, and whether
  the ag industry will benefit from the changes, or
  sufer because of them, depends on
  _________________.

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GPSGlobal Positioning System

• Uses satellites to view specific fields and
  crops.
• Uses its view from space to provide a
  computerized picture that will aid field crop
  management and increase yield per acre.
• How does this benefit crop production?

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By using GPS production agriculturists can vary
their

• _________________________
• Irrigation
• _________________________
• And cultivation practices
• to accommodate each section of their field and
  thus increase yield.
• GPS allows for __________ __________.

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The GPS system consists of 4 components

• _________________
• Crop yield monitor
• Digital soil fertility map
• Variable rate application technology. (VRT)
• By individually managing areas in a field, this
  will not only reduce the cost of production, but
  also improve farm productivity while reducing the
  application of ____________, _____________, and
  ____________.

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• Site specific information could thus help
  decrease the impact of adverse environmental
  agricultural practices. Additionally important
  for the environment, water use and mgmt. are
  enhanced by GPS.

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Precision Farming

• Requires the use of digitally geographical
  referenced data in cropping operations.
• Principally associated with soil fertility and
  management
• The farm field and crop are referenced as a
  computer model of each specific section of a crop
  producers field.
• Thus, each section is individually assessed for
  increased production, decreased cost, and
  environmentally sound techniques.

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Genetic Engineering

• Genetic engineering bypasses the natural
  selection process by inserting the desired gene
  into the chromosomes of a living organism.
• The target cells receive the new genes, which
  were obtained from another organism.

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Lets have a group discussion about the following

• Advantages of genetic engineering
• Hybrids
• Disease resistant plants
• Herbicide tolerant plants
• Figure 3-3, 3-4, 3-5. (pg 42-43)
• Cloning
• Embryo transfer work
• Growth hormones
• Heat sycronization

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Animal Research and Medicine

• There is a close relation between the health of
  humans and the health of animals.
• Animal research Fig 3-13

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Animals contd

• Transplanting
• Xenotransplantation
• Pharmaceuticals
• Heart Patients
• Burn victims
• AIDS patients
• Leprosy
• Use of leeches

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Domestic Animals of the Future

• Dairy Cattle
• Beef Cattle
• Swine
• Poultry
• Sheep
• Catfish
• Bees
• Transgenic Animals