Unit 1 Vocabulary

4. Farm animals raised to produce milk, meat, work, and wool; includes beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, and goats; may also include poultry.
5. To ship (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) to a foreign country for use, sale, processing, or services.
6. Any or all domesticated fowls that are raised primarily for their meat, eggs, or feathers, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
7. Anything which when taken into the body, nourishes the tissues and supplies body heat.
10. The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture.
12. Any product of the soil. In a narrow sense, the product of a harvest obtained by labor, as distinguished from natural production or wild growth.
14. A term referring to the full scale of operations related to the business of agriculture. It connotes the interrelationships of farming, farm services, soil science, agronomy, land grant universities, county extension services, state and federal experiment stations, soil and water conservation services, plant and animal nutrition, plant and animal protection, transportation, finance, and marketing.

1. Supervised Agricultural Experience.
2. The natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc.
3. A fine, threadlike piece, such as cotton or wool.
8. A national youth organization for students interested in agriculture. The official name is the National FFA Organization. In 1988, the National FFA Organization changed its original name of Future Farmers of America to reflect the expanding career field of Agricultural Education.
9. Something beneath or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from adverse conditions.
11. To bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, or services.
12. Any unprocessed or partially processed good, such as a grain, fruit, vegetable, or metal.
13. Supplies and services farmers use to produce crops and livestock; any resource used in production.