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Chapter 12 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 12
Top crops
Broilers
Hogs
Dairy
Soy
Wheat
Corn
Eggs
Beef
Hay
Componants of modern farming
Chemicals
Irrigation
Infastruture
Expansive land
Moderen machinery
Confined Animal Feeding operations
Food crisis
Higher quality diets
Weather related short falls in crops
Corn used for biofuel production
Rising cost of fuel
Revoultions
Small farms- grown food maintains the families
Industrial revoultion- Fossil fuels to power machines
Neolithic- Hunters to farmers
Green revoultion- to increase food production to feed everyone
Biotechnology
Advantages
Can promote tolerance to environmental conditions
Improve nutritional value
Disease and pest control
Disadvantages
Antibiotics resistant
New toxins
Super weeds
Traditional Ag- Human power low chemical input Modern- machinery and fossil fuels
Bio fuels- ethanol and oils from agricultural crops