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Agriculture in the Area

Agriculture in the Area. Mike Roegge University of Illinois Extension Adams/Brown Unit. Economic impact Technology Biotechnology Ag trends Farm facts Major issues today. Ag Statistics 2007. Crop Acres 2009 (thousand). 2009 Sales. (Million dollars). Adams Brown Hancock Pike.

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Agriculture in the Area

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  1. Agriculture in the Area Mike Roegge University of Illinois Extension Adams/Brown Unit

  2. Economic impact • Technology • Biotechnology • Ag trends • Farm facts • Major issues today

  3. Ag Statistics 2007

  4. Crop Acres 2009 (thousand)

  5. 2009 Sales (Million dollars) Adams Brown Hancock Pike Crop Values Livestock sold Total 151 41.1 192.1 48.7 7.3 56 187 49.8 236.8 143.6 35.6 179.2

  6. Livestock 2008

  7. Budget for Corn 2011 Revenue 197 bu corn @ $4.80 $946 government payment 24 $970 Expenses Fertilizer, pesticides, seed, drying, storage, insurance 328 Machine hire, repair and dep., utilities, fuel/oil, vehicle 91 Labor, bldg repair and dep., insurance, misc, interest 55 474 2011 Budget, FarmDoc

  8. Technology on the farm

  9. GPS- Global Positioning Systems • Guidance, auto-steer • Swath control • Yield maps • Variable rate fertilizer spreading • Aerial applications • Scouting

  10. Guidance • Lightbars • Visual indicators • Autosteer EZ Guide 500, Trimble Raven Industries, Inc.

  11. Auto Steer • Steering wheel mount • Steering column mount • Integrated hydraulic system EZ Steer, Trimble

  12. Differential GPS (DGPS) • GPS ≥ 10 ft • WAAS Correction 6”-20” • Satellite Correction < 6 in • RTK < 1 in

  13. Sprayer Swath Control • By Sections of the boom • Individual Nozzles - Pulse width modulation

  14. Planter controls • Section control • Multiple row • Individual row control

  15. Why Increased Use?? • Increased efficiencies w/ large equipment equal cost savings • 120 acre field • Sprayer-60’ boom, 2.5’ average overlap, waterway, seed and herbicide cost $120/acre • Swath efficiency $220 • Auto shutoff $119 • Total $339

  16. GMO’s • What are they? • Why do farmers use them? • How do they work? • Are they used? How common?

  17. Genetically Modified Soybean • First available in soybean in 1996 • Adoption of technology rapid • Traits available initially for producer- • Roundup ready and Ignite (weed control • Newer traits for consumers • Low linolenic- reduce trans fats • Low sat fat, mid oelic, - low sat and trans and better stability • Omega 3 • High oleic- reduce trans fats, improve stability in cooking

  18. GMO Corn • Introduced for European Corn Borer control in 1996 • Several proteins used for insect control • Insect control • European Corn Borer and other leps • Corn Rootworm • Weed control • Roundup • Ignite

  19. GMO’s • Account for 90% of soybean acres in IL in 2009 • Account for 82% of corn acres in IL in 2010 • Region- less corn acres planted to GMO

  20. GMO’s • What are they? • Why do farmers use them? • How do they work? • Are they used? How common?

  21. Issues Today • Cost of farming • Cash rents • Land prices • Input prices • Crop prices • Demand (determines prices received) • Export • Domestic • Livestock

  22. Trends • Farm size larger • Less diversification • Fewer people to work more acres • Capital expenditures huge • Ability to retain farm land questioned

  23. Agricultural Jobs • Production • Growers, managers, hort, livestock, grain • Marketing/Sales • Seed, chemical, fertilizer, livestock, tile, machinery, grain • Scientist/engineering • Precision ag, research (plant/animal), genomics, environmental • Management/business • Consultant, banker, real estate,broker, economist • Education/Communication • Educator, media, public health, USDA

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