Personal Statement

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In agriculture there are many jobs such as a farmer or a veterinarian, maybe even a farm inspector. But by far one of the most important jobs in agriculture is agriculture education. Ag teachers spark the interest into the field of agriculture and teach youth about agriculture. I want to be an Ag teacher because I want to be able to influence lives the way I have had my life influenced, and I want to educate the public on agriculture, that way they will be able to distinguish what is farm fact and what is not. An Ag teacher needs to be a kind, compassionate and caring person who is willing to put their job at the top of the priority list. I believe that Agricultural education is going to change a lot in the next five years due to new technologies being implemented into the field. Farmers will be able to grow more food. Food prices will go …show more content…

The amount of technology that will be implemented into the fields into ranches. But one thing that can be planned for is that the population will continue to rise and that will cause a growing demand for food, which will mean that we will have to use conventional farming or “chemical farming” so that everyone can bed fed so we would not have to worry about children going hungry anymore (Conventional Farming Can Be Become Sustainable). Conventional farming is given a bad name, conventional farming can be anything from can be giving antibiotics to livestock, to using aquaponics system or hydroponics system to grow food to what everyone thinks it is and that using chemical like pesticides to assist plants in growing. Pesticides are a good thing because they keep bugs from eating crops and can be simply washed off. (Conventional Farming Can Be Become Sustainable). Conventional farming can be giving antibiotics to livestock it is important that people are educated on conventional farming that way they are not scared of the food they