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Agricultural Systems

Overview

Agricultural enterprises—crop or livestock—deal with such concepts as labor supply, marketing, finances, natural resources, genetic stock, nutrition, equipment, and hazards. While it is possible to effectively manipulate each mechanism of successful farming individually, better results can often be obtained by treating the farming operation as a system. The interactions, then, among system components may become more important than how each component functions by itself. Treating production operations holistically offers greater management flexibility, provides for more environmentally and economically sound practices, and creates safer and healthier conditions for workers and for farm animals. CSREES staffers conduct research, education, and extension activities in programs related directly and indirectly to agricultural systems.

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Programs

• Manure & Nutrient Management
• Organic Agriculture
• Precision Farming
• Small Farms
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Workforce Development & Safety

Related Programs

• Agricultural Marketing
• Biobased Pest Management
• Ecosystems
• Farm Financial Management
• Global Change
• Integrated Pest Management
• Invasive Species
• Rangelands
• Sustainable Development

News

• Finding safe levels, times for applying manure to growing crops
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• Research shows irrigated cotton doesn't need subsoil tillage
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• Textile recycling turns trash into treasure
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Events

• National Poultry Waste Management Symposium, Memphis, TN, October 24-27, 2004.
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• American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, Seattle, WA, October 31-November 4, 2004.
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• Future Farms 2004: Digging Deeper, Oklahoma City, OK, November 6, 2004.
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