What is Agriculture?

Well this weekend we just got the first member of the Marshall family married off and now I find out the next one is getting hitched next summer.  Congratulations to both of them. 

Have you ever asked yourself what is agriculture?  I haven’t, but now that I wonder I can’t seem to put a finger on it exactly.  My first thought is beef, dairy, and crop production.  But then where does the production of everything else like sheep, goats, horses, and other animals fit into that?  If you look up agriculture on wikipedia it states, “Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life.”  Plants and fungi?  What?  I never even thought of that.  Well how about dictonary.com, it states, “the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.”  Well that sounds more like agriculture to me.  But then what do they mean by livestock?  They state, “the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.”  Well that’s where I started but either way I’m not going to start narrowing it down.  I’m still young and just starting to explore the world of agriculture no matter what part or if I think it may be a part of it at all.  I encourage you all to do the same as well.  Get out there and explore as many different types of farms and aspects of agriculture as possible.  Who knows we might meet up meeting somewhere along the way. 

Until next time,

Luke