2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AGRI 111 - Introduction to Crop Production
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated readiness for college-level English; and Demonstrated readiness for QUANT, TECH, or STEM Path Math Ready.
PROGRAM: Agriculture
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2020
Introduces and examines fundamental principles of crop production and distribution. Emphasis is placed on applying technological advances in agronomy to active crop-production situations, including basic soils, agricultural meteorology, and crop physiology and breeding.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Explain aspects of U.S. agricultural production.
- Describe major types of cropping systems.
- Explain how soils influence crop production.
- Develop a nutrient management system.
- Explain hybrid and variety development, and influence of GM technology on crop production.
- Describe field crop physiology, growth and development.
- Develop tillage and crop management systems.
- Describe characteristics of agriculture in developing and developed countries.
- List characteristics of sustainable agriculture systems.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Describe uses of arable land in the U.S.
- Define five types of cropping systems
- Describe environmental conditions that affect crop distribution
- Describe crops and characteristics of the U.S. farming regions
- Provide exact location of a given tract of land
- Describe soils on a farm
- List suitable uses for specific soils
- Describe limitations and problems of specific soils
- Construct a soil fertility program which includes soil sampling techniques, soil test report interpretation, and construction of a nutrient management program
- Explain development and uses of GM technology
- Determine adapted crops to grow on specific sites
- Locate sources of information on hybrid and variety performance
- Use specific criteria to select an adapted hybrid or variety for planting
- Use management and environmental information to select a tillage and seedbed preparation system adapted to specific conditions
- Describe types of planting and crop management systems
- Describe physiology of CHO fixation and yield formation
- Describe how photosynthesis, transpiration, and respiration affect dry matter production
- Characterize conditions contributing to crop stress
Define sustainable agriculture
Describe characteristics of sustainable agricultural systems
Distinguish developing and developed agricultural systems
Describe problems associated with crop production in developing countries
GRADING POLICY
| A |
90-100 |
| B |
80-89 |
| C |
70-79 |
| D |
60-69 |
| F |
0-59 |
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