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Title: What is Agribusiness?


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What is Agribusiness?
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  • Agriculture is often thought of as
  • cows, sows, and plows
  • weeds, seeds, and feeds
  • BUT agriculture has changed!

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Agriculture now includes
  • Production
  • Agriscience
  • Agribusiness

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  • There are so many agribusiness areas such as
    distribution, finance, and marketing
  • That umbrella over many different facets
    including
  • - feed - fertilizer
  • - Seed - chemical supply
  • - Farm machinery -Food processing

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Definition of Agribusiness
  • An industry engaged in the production operation
    of a farm, the manufacture and distribution of
    farm equipment and supplies, and the processing,
    storage, and distribution of farm commodities
  • According to Merriam-Websters Collegiate
    Dictionary

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Farming is a Business
  • Farming has to consider the following
  • Interests
  • Taxes
  • Repair replacement of equipment
  • Fertilizers
  • Wages
  • Fuel
  • Electricity
  • And many others

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Agricultural Economics includes
  • Community and rural development
  • Food safety and nutrition
  • International trade
  • Natural resources and environmental economics
  • Production economics
  • Risk and uncertainty
  • Consumer behavior and household economics
  • Analysis of markets and competition
  • Agribusiness economics and management

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Day 1 Activity 10 Agricultural Businesses
  • Investigate 10 agricultural business
  • Name
  • Type
  • Description of what they do
  • Mission statement or motto

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Day 2 Activity Investigate a Ag Business
  • Choose 1 agribusiness with a partner outside of
    production agriculture (such as a dairy or crop
    farm)
  • Find the following and be ready to present the
    information on a poster
  • Business/industry
  • Scope
  • Services
  • Acres
  • Requirements
  • Relations to the government
  • Five interesting facts
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