agriculture

Examples of agriculture in the following topics:

• Productivity Gains in Agriculture

  • During the second agricultural revolution, U.S. agricultural productivity rose fast, especially due to the development of new technologies.
  • During the second agricultural revolution, the average amount of milk produced per cow increased from 5,314 pounds to 18,201 pounds per year (+242%), the average yield of corn rose from 39 bushels to 153 bushels per acre (+292%), and each farmer in 2000 produced on average 12 times as much farm output per hour worked as a farmer did in 1950.
  • Huge productivity gains in agriculture were recorded in the twentieth century.
  • Avoiding losses of agricultural products to spoilage, insects, and rats contributes significantly to productivity.
  • Between 1950 and 2000, during the so called "second agricultural revolution of modern times," U.S. agricultural productivity rose fast, especially due to the development of new technologies (the greatest period of agricultural productivity growth in the U.S. occurred from World War 2 until the 1970s).

• Clean production defined

  • Food service setups, service provider procedures, delivery routines, office systems, even agriculture are all good examples of ‘production' in that commodities (e.g. raw materials) flow from one area (or machine or department) to another whereupon a set of procedures, labour skills or other processes are performed so as to end up with a finished product (or service).
  • With agriculture, the ‘product' usually stays in one place while all sorts of materials and processes are brought to it.

• Service Economy Growth

  • Most of the U.S. economy is classified as services as of 2011 (agriculture 1.2%, industry 22.1%, services 76.7%).
  • Agriculture accounts for 1.2%, industry makes up 22.1%, and services contribute 76.7% (2011 est.).

• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

  • --Mexico tariffs would be eliminated except for some U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico that were to be phased out within 15 years.
  • NAFTA has allowed agricultural goods such as eggs, corn, and meats to be tariff-free.

• Economics

  • In practice, however, even those countries promoting free trade heavily subsidize certain industries, such as agriculture and steel.
  • Because rich-country players set trade policies, goods, such as agricultural products that developing countries are best at producing, face high barriers.

• Fair Labor Standards Act

  • Jobs that are excluded from coverage under the FLSA include movie theater employees and many agricultural workers.
  • For example, employees of movie theaters and many agricultural workers are not governed by the FLSA overtime rules.

• Ensuring that proper goals and objectives are established

  • Around this time, Monsanto developed a bold new vision of providing sustainable agricultural products that could resist pests and diseases without the use of chemicals.

• The economic environment

  • Developing nations are those that are making the transition from economies based on agricultural and raw materials production to industrial economies.

• Productivity Gains from Technology

  • Probably the first period in history in which an economic progress was observable during one generation was the British Agricultural Revolution in the 18th century.
  • Scientific agriculture: fertilizers and the green revolution, and livestock and poultry management;

• The Benefits of Mixed Economies

  • An example of this is the heavily subsidized agriculture industry in the US.