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Table Partner Work
• Come up with as many Agricultural Crops as you can think of
• You have 3 minutes
Major Commodity Crops in Agriculture
• Grains
• Oil crops
• Sugar crops
• Citrus
• Tree fruits
• Vegetables
• Specialty crops
Examples of Commodity Crops
• Grain – wheat, rice, corn
• Oil Crops – soybeans, corn, peanuts, sunflower seeds
• Sugar Crops – sugar cane, sugar beets
• Citrus – oranges, lemons, grapefruit
Examples of Commodity Crops
• Tree fruits – apples, pears, peaches
• Vegetables – o (cool climate) broccoli, cabbage, white
potatoes o (warm climate) tomatoes, sweet corn, beans,
sweet potatoes
Examples of Commodity Crops • Specialty Crop: Tobacco, Cotton
• What makes these crops Specialty crops?
Factors Important to know when going crops.
• Climate – length of growing season, average yearly rainfall, average temperatures, humidify, and prevailing winds
• Soil - consider soil pH, soil type, soil depth, and soil response to fertilizer
• Demand or markets available for the crop to be produced
Factors Important to know when going crops.
• Labor requirements and availability of labor
• Machinery or equipment necessary to grow the crop
• Availability of land• Pest problems• Expected yields• Production costs (Can a profit be
expected?)
Locally Grown
• Corn price per bushel - $6.82• Wheat price per bushel - $7.33• Soybeans per bushel - $14.30• Alfalfa Hay per ton - $195.00• Other Hay per ton - $90.00• Tobacco per lb. - $5.91
Let’s do the MATH!!!• 43,560 square feet in
an acre
• 2820 lbs. per acre of tobacco
• 40 bushels of soybeans an acre
• 183 bushels of corn an acre
• 100 bushels of wheat an acre
• Average 8 tons of alfalfa an acre
• Average 4 tons of timothy hay an acre
Conclusion
• The production of field crops creates more income for agriculturists in the U.S. than any other production enterprise. Slightly more than 20% of the land in the U.S. is used for crop production.
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