University of Kentucky Self-study, College of Agriculture, 1970
Author : University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Agriculture
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Author : University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Union catalogs
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 1995-10-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309052955
Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically importantâ€"playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities informs the public debate about the challenges that will shape the future of these colleges and serves as a foundation for a second volume, which will present recommendations for policy and institutional changes in the land grant system. This book reviews the legislative history of the land grant system from its establishment in 1862 to the 1994 act conferring land grant status on Native American colleges. It describes trends that have shaped agriculture and agricultural education over the decadesâ€"the shift of labor from farm to factory, reasons for and effects of increased productivity and specialization, the rise of the corporate farm, and more. The committee reviews the system's three-part missionâ€"education, research, and extension serviceâ€"and through this perspective documents the changing nature of funding and examines the unique structure of the U.S. agricultural research and education system. Demographic data on faculties, students, extension staff, commodity and funding clusters, and geographic specializations profile the system and identify similarities and differences among the colleges of agriculture, trends in funding, and a host of other issues. The tables in the appendix provide further itemization about general population distribution, student and educator demographics, types of degree programs, and funding allocations. Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.
Author : David L. Debertin
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Page : 413 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Agricultural productivity
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 648 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Union catalogs
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Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.). Reference Division
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Page : 750 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Mary E. Lassanyi
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Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Africa
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Author : Matt Chaliff
Publisher :
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2021-11-16
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The history of agricultural education and Future Farmers of America in Kentucky spans over 100 years and involves tens of thousands of individuals. Drawing on oral histories, scrapbooks, news clippings, and much more, this book presents the most complete picture available of the development of agricultural education and FFA in the Bluegrass state. From the first Smith Hughes teachers in 1917 to the most recent State FFA Officer team, the book seeks to present a complete picture of the organization and highlight the men and women who have made it what it is today.
Author : John van Willigen
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0813183987
Whereas most crops drive farmers apart as they compete for the best prices, the price controls on tobacco bring growers together. The result is a culture unlike any other in America, one often forgotten or overlooked as federal and state governments fight over the spoils of the tobacco settlement. Tobacco Culture describes the process of raising a crop of burley from the perspective and experience of the farmers themselves. In the process of gathering information for the book, the authors performed most steps in the tobacco production process, from dropping plants, burning seedbeds, topping, and cutting to stripping and baling the finished product. Van Willigen and Eastwood document both present practices and historical developments in tobacco farming at the very moment a way of life stands poised for dramatic change. In addition to growing practices, the authors found other common threads linking growers and tobacco producing regions. Where tobacco is grown, it often becomes the major cash crop and carries the health of the economy. Farmer Oscar Richardson states, "It's bread and butter. It's the industry of the community, the state as a whole.... You take tobacco out of Kentucky and this farmland wouldn't be worth a nickel." Combining cultural anthropology and oral history, John van Willigen and Susan Eastwood have created a remarkable portrait of the heart of the burley belt in Central Kentucky.