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ASSIGNMENT NO.4
ASSIGNMENT #4
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
For this assignment lets assume that you are either a farmer or rancher and have just gotten a new computer for the farm or ranch and want to find out information on conservation techniques for your farming or ranching activity. You, as a resource manager, need to go to one of the many search engines and find information.
To help you get started a list of possible subjects are provided, but feel to use whatever topic you want. Some possible topics are:
Soil
Drip irrigation
salinization
Flood irrigation
range land management
Furrow irrigation
carrying capacity
Irrigation
decreasers
Sprinkler irrigation
sagebrush
Hybrid seeds
mesquite
Green Revolution
dry farming
Fertilizer
BLM
Pesticides
National Grasslands
Soil erosion
Riparian Buffer
Strips
aquifer
Contour plowing
desertification
Grassed waterways
drought
Terracing
grassland
No-till farming
soil horizons
Overgrazing
drought,br>
Gullies
soil erodibiltity
Strip cropping
stubble mulch
Wind breaks
farm ponds
Crop rotation
herbicides
Conservation tillage
genetic engineering
Find seven (7) sites. They can be of the same topic or different topics. Do the following:
1. Address of site (the URL) and title.
2. Summarize site
3. Relate site to topics discussed in class.
4. Opinion of site. Good, bad, or whatever and why. Would you recommend it and why or why not. Was it helpful, etc. etc.
e-mail answers to dangood@gasou.edu.