I'm trying to decide on what career to pursue in the future and I know what ever it is it is going to involve either farms, agriculture, or animals in some way (Im a country girl thats for sure!). What are some careers that go into these "groups"? Thank you!

American Honey

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Ranch/Farm Manager Soil/Crop Scientist Extension Agent Animal Breeder Artificial Insemination Technician (Cow breeding) Pest control-crops Farm machinery

What are some careers that involve farms agriculture etc?

American Honey

Question answered by MGoBlue

Are you asking because of eventual interest in college? There are lots of bioscience programs which lend themselves to your interest... In addition to a general biology degree, if you're interested in animals, you could study: Zoology, farrier science, or enroll in a vet program. If you're interested in farming and agriculture, you could study: Horticulture, agriculture, etc. Many colleges have working farms and now even offer specialty programs such as sustainable agriculture or organic agriculture. Other scientific disciplines, such as chemistry lends itself to this area too. Careers that lend themselves to what you write could range from forest ranger, to vet, to farmer, to vineyard manager, to even teaching. But it's really hard to answer since you asked such a broad question without much background. Since I'm not sure what you're looking for exactly, keep this in mind... you have to ask yourself, what are your goals in life? What are your interests? Write the answers down and revisit your writings over time -- you don't have to answer those questions overnight. Next, seek out the people who can genuinely point you in the right direction. Be leery of some of the advice, hearsay, and just plain crap answers you'll see in these forums. If you're in HS still, is there a counselor you can trust -- one that genuinely cares about their students? If so, ask him/her. What about clubs? Is there a 4H club nearby? Do they offer anything that helps you figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life? How about at the county extension? etc. If you're in college, talk to department heads and your adviser.

What are some careers that involve farms agriculture etc?

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Are there any examples of animals killing other animals for indirect sources of food?

Humans kill slugs because they detroy crops, or foxes because they kill sheep prematurely. Are there any examples where animals do the same? Kill other animals, and don't eat them, only to protect their own supply of food (not just plantation type, can be mammals or insects etc.)? If so, is it a fundmental type of farming/agriculture? Cheers.

Slibby G

Question answered by Ted DeadMan

Not sure if this is an answer but leaf cutter ants cut leaves and then use them to grow fungus which is their food source deep in their nests. This is definately farming An other ants milk aphids for some nutrient while ladybugs kill them. Maybe the ants would kill the ladybugs?

Has the use of pesticides in recent years gone up or down?

Im mainly refering to pesticide use on farms (agriculture). Please cite resources. A chart showing the amount of pesticides used each year would be great.

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Question answered by Miss Vida

Pesticide use doesn't seem to have changed from what I have noticed. When one class of pesticides is outlawed, then another class of pesticides usually fills in. For example, the pressure is on farmers to not use a class called organophosphate pesticides (OPs), and a couple OPs have been banned in urban areas. Use has decreased for them in the ag world, but use of a class of pesticides called pyrethroids, has gone up. Pyrethroids are more toxic is smaller amounts than the OPs, so if you look at pounds of active ingredient (that's a better way to look at it), it *looks* better, but really isn't... As I'm guessing this is homework, I'm going to put some references to get you started :). In the US http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ In California http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/purmain.htm\ Good luck!

How were Cain and Able farmers when science tells us the first humans were scavengers and hunter-gatherers?

humans have been scavenging since the Homo sapien species appeared 200,000 years ago. Then we were moved on to being hunter-gatherers since 80,000 ago. And finally, it was only 10,000 years ago or so we started farming (agriculture) yet the Bible says the very first group of humans were famers? something doesn't smell right here. . .

Michael

Question answered by Dan S

Probably because the myth or allegory came about during a time when humans had agriculture.

What is Kevin Rudd planning on doing about drought stricken farmers?

Does the Labour Government have a positive solution to save farming/agriculture? Will Labour put measures in place to sustain a future for farming and agriculture in Australia?

mantaray1970

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Manta, a great question, and a very obvious answer. Have a star for the question. The Rudd-a-dudd solution is already written, and it's simple... bugger the farmers, they're the National voters, and we don't need them when we can get our produce, beef, fruit and veg from overseas. To understand this position, you just consider that over 70% of the government members are failed, loafing union hacks, who have now got their snouts in the trough, and plenty of taxpayers' money to live a very comfortable life in the sty. They are not interested in their fellow Australians, as they have proved in former union positions, sucking money and union fees off the hard working Aussies and spending it all on campaign ads to get themselves elected so they haven't got to work another day for the rest of their lives. How un-Australian is that, and you ask if the labor schlonkys are going to do anything to help our struggling farmers. Doesn't seem likely unfortunately, Manta.

how can i start my introduction in a mayan research?

am writing about the way they farm agriculture geographic family worship education language and their legacy. SO Far i got: Do you know who are the mayan? No? Well the mayans have many interesting thing that had been discover. They had many different ways of farming, including their techniques ............ that all i got i already have the body but i don`t know what to write in the introduction

Maria

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Maria, Is that actually what you have written and will be submitting? First off, Mayan (being a tribe or race of people) is always capitalized. Secondly, I think you define them for starters: They were a race or tribe of people who lived (where?) and (when?). I know, I'm asking if YOU do. Then, after you've told WHO they are, and WHERE they lived and WHEN they lived, you can talk ABOUT them. What kind of society? Agricultural, Hunters, Religious? If so, how many gods did they worship and how did they do that? I was just in Tulum, Mexico (it's on the Yucatan Peninsula...look it up) and saw their houses, tombs, temples, etc. That is why I went straight to religion, because it dominated their lives and they used HUMAN SACRIFICES. The Temples at Chichen Itza will give you lots of pix and info. There are still many people who speak MAYAN (and also Spanish) which is something I learned down there. Find out when they died out and why. It was pretty suddenly and not all that long ago. I think they were amazing. Good Luck. Chris

Could somebody google earth south isla puna, ecuador and tell me what all that shit is?

is it alien technology, fish farms, agriculture, or are they making more dryland with their dead?

cliff

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Shrimp farming

The worst mistake in human history by jared diamond ?

I read the article the worst mistake made in human history by jared diamon, and yeah farming / agriculture brought starvation, malnutrition and etc but can someone tell me specifically why farming is so negative, and bullet points to why it was the worst mistake in human history?

David H

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Farming things that can be stored for more than a year are absolutely necessary for the population to grow larger than they can live as hunter gatherers. To do that a small number of crops fit the bill. Grains, oil seeds, root crops and sap that is high in sugars fill the bill. That greatly reduces our diet over those that live off the land that eat anything they can. I had a friend that lived as a hunter gatherer for several months in World War II as he walked out of New Guinea ahead of the Japanese. His comment was the bigger the cockroach the better. After the first one they tasted just fine. He liked farming a lot better when he came home. The bad side of farming is it allows people to be concentrated in lager and larger numbers in smaller and smaller spaces, as crops produce more and more food. The more we grow the more people we can feed and so far with the exception of a few of set back such as the Bubonic Plague and wars now and then we seem to grow in to fit what we have to eat. As we put more and more people in less and less land we develop more and more diseases, parasites and other problems. Disease and parasites like the food and population seem to adapt to the conditions there are for them in an on going arms race. On the other side of the coin agriculture is absolutely necessary for civilization. As each farmer grows more and more it frees up people to make do other things. In the USA less the 2% of the people farm. The business of food feed and fiber employs a lot more people than that but it grows smaller all the time. I guess in the end it all depends on what you define as quality of life. If you think living in the wild living on what you can find every day with nothing to fall back on and no treatment for disease. The ones that live in the places that have good food and have prefect heath and no genetic problems you may live to be pretty old if you can find some one to pull your teeth that go bad before they cause a life treating infection, survive all the childhood diseases and all that stuff. It may be alright for you but for me and many others that have the slightest thing wrong with us natural selection would painfully cull us from the herd. It is odd that Dr. Diamond makes a living teaching advanced medicine and idealizes a life style that would not produce him or either as a doctor of medicine or as the unique anthropologist he is. I expect his thoughts are good deal like mine when I was taking to a friend and he thought it would be great to be 18 again if we could know what we know now. My comment was, “If that happened I think I would go fishing all my life instead of working all my life to be able to retire and go fishing” gc http://www.expo-cosmos.or.jp/jusyou/1998_e.html

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Could somebody google earth south isla puna, ecuador and tell me what all that shit is?

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