Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Agricultural Science
The environmental impact of agriculture, industrial development, and population growth have raised many questions among agricultural scientists. This has led to the development and emergence of new agricultural fields of study.
South Mountain Community College’s agricultural science curriculum covers the selection, breeding and management of crops and domestic animals for successful operation of an agriculturally-based business.
Course Offerings
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Fast Facts
- Consumers spend $547 billion for food originating on U.S. farms and ranches. Of each dollar spent on food, the farmer's share is approximately 23 cents. The rest is spent on wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation, and distribution.
- On average, every hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, around $6 million in U.S. agricultural products consisting of grains, oilseeds, cotton, meats, vegetables, snack foods, etc., will be consigned for shipment for export to foreign markets.
- Agriculture and the Food and Fiber System provide one out of every six jobs in the U.S.
- The average farmer produces enough food to feed about 129 people: 97 in the U.S. and 32 abroad.
- The U.S. is the world's largest exporter of agricultural products.
- Less than 2 percent of the U.S. population lives on farms today; in 1920 it was 30 percent, and when the Constitution was signed, it was 90 percent.
(Sources: Farm and Ranch Guide, USDA, FDA)