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 that we
  produce more . . .with less . . .
• and that increased productivity does not 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 and thereby helps
  members and their companies ensure that all of us
  can enjoy unhindered access to the necessities of
  life.

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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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