For this assignment, please write a paper addressing the following topic. Your paper should be 250 to 750 words in length (2 – 3 pages) (longer is acceptable)
Please be certain to document your resources and include a bibliography.
Topic for Assignment #9: Agricultural: Lifestyle or Business
How is agriculture important in your life? (Texas,USA)
- List at least 5 important ways agriculture impacts our lives every day.
- Is “agriculture” the only industry that can meet these impacts?
For the remainder of this assignment, consider the title question, “Is agriculture a way of life or a business?”
- Discuss what your view of the animal agricultural industry is?
- What type of animal agriculture is your answer based on?
- It has been said that most individuals involved in “production agriculture” are more likely to be lifestyle seekers than professional business people. What is your opinion?
- In agricultural policy debates, farm advocates have often used the “way of life” argument to support their claim that production agriculture needs to receive subsidies. What is your opinion?
- If production agriculture needs subsidies to survive, why do farmers stay in agriculture?
- Would the agricultural industry “improve” if it were not regarded as a business?
