AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LAND USE. DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFUSION NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION – w,w,w,w SECOND AG REVOLUTION – w,w,w,w THIRD AG REVOLUTION – w,w,w,w.
Sea Level & Ice Sheets Concern about the Future of Inhabited Coastlines Presented by Beth Caissie (thanks to Ken Miller, Rutgers, for many of his slides)
K-State Research and Extension Farmland Values & Rental Rates in Northwest Kansas Daniel OBrien Extension Agricultural Economist K-State Research and Extension.
Climate Change and KS : Mitigation Charles W. Rice Soil Microbiologist Department of Agronomy Lead Author, IPCC AR4 WGIII K-State Research and Extension.
A Land Cover Map of Eurasia’s Boreal Ecosystems S. BARTALEV, A. S. BELWARD Institute for Environment and Sustainability, EC Joint Research Centre, Italy.
Trends in US Farmland Values and Ownership Todd H. Kuethe and Jennifer Ifft USDA – Economic Research Service NCRCRD Webinar Wednesday October 10, 2012.
Land Use Part I: Agriculture. Food and Nutrition Foods humans eat are composed of several major types of biological molecules necessary to maintain health.
Definition – mixture of mineral particles, eroded rock, water, air, organic matter and living organisms Gravel – larger than 2 mm Sand – 0.05 to.
Ch 14 and 15 General Review. For what purposes do we use land? Farming, mining, recreation, building cities and roads.
Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Conservation Managing the Agricultural Landscape for Environmental.
APCA Agricultural Policy Options for Improving Energy Crop Economics Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte Agricultural Policy Analysis Center University of Tennessee.
Pest Management Chapter 23. Pesticides: Types and Uses Pest – any species that competes with humans for food, invades lawn and gardens, destroys wood.