Agriscience Unit 1

The definition of Agriscience jobs are:

• all jobs related in some way to plants, animals, and renewable natural resources

• Resources provided by nature that can replace themselves.

• Application of engineering principles in agricultural settings.

• Pest control program based on multiple-control practices.

Agriculture

• The application of science to industrial uses.

• Activities concerned with the production of plants and animals, and the related supplies, services, mechanics, products, processing, and marketing.

• The study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants.

• Space and mass around us

Agribusiness

• Raising of finfish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals under controlled conditions. Also, the management of the aquatic environment for production of plants and animals.

• Use of cells or components of cells to produce products or processes.

• businesses that have developed with or stem out of agriculture.

• The turfgrass plant and soil immediately below it; also, grass used for decorative or soil-holding purposes.

Renewable Natural Resources

• Basic science of the plant and the animal kingdom.

• Pest control program based on multiple-control practices.

• Application of engineering principles in agricultural settings.

• Resources provided by nature that can replace themselves.

Technology

• Application of science to an industrial or commercial objective; also, the equipment and expertise to cultivate, harvest, store, process, and transport crops for consumption.

• Modern principles and practice for animal growth and management

• Food that has been grown without the use of certain chemical pesticides.

• Science dealing with the characteristics of elements or simple substances.

Industrial Technology

• Use of modern principles in growing and managing crops.

• The application of science to industrial uses.

• All aspects of water conservation and management.

• Chemistry as it applies to living matter.

High Technology

• The study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants.

• Space and mass around us.

• Use of electronics and ultramodern equipment to perform tasks and control machinery and processes.

• Science of insect life.

Aquaculture

• Use of modern principles in growing and managing crops.

• Crop Science

• Agricultural Engineering

• Raising aquatic animals under controlled conditions. Also, the management of the aquatic environment for production of plants and animals.

Agricultural Engineering

• Application of engineering principles in agricultural settings.

• Pest control program based on multiple-control practices.

• Space and mass around us.

• Basic science of the plant and the animal kingdom.

Animal Science Technology

• Food that has been grown without the use of certain chemical pesticides.

• Modern principles and practice for animal growth and management

• Science dealing with the characteristics of elements or simple substances.

• Plants used for their appearance.