Lab 2: What's Agronomy Got To Do With It?
Rachel Veenstra 
AGRON 220 Lab: What's Agronomy Got To Do With It?
A worksheet to walk you through the second lab session
Task 1: List career paths everyone in your group might take, and provide an example of how agronomy fits into each career option.
Task 2: Order the topics to be covered in lab based on how important you think they are to career paths you listed for your discipline. Describe why you selected your topics as #1 and #11.
A) Crop Identification: the ability to correctly identify key crops grown in Kansas
B) Plant Classification: why crops + weeds are assigned to similar/different groups + what that means for crop management
C) Seeds + Seedlings: components of a seed + how plants get their start
D) Plant Components: identifying features of leaves, flowers, stems, + roots, + why these are important for management or plant survival
E) Light, Water, + Heat: crop requirements of each of these elements to grow + reproduce successfully, + ways farmers can manage these elements
F) Crops + Soil: crop requirements for nutrients, management options + resources for exploring soils, fertilizer application + dosage
G) Cropping Systems: how different crops fit into different environments + crop yield expectations
H) Season Planning: calibrating equipment + creating a management plan for a cropping season
I) Precision Agriculture: selecting technology to improve farm operation efficiency + environmental footprint
J) Hot Topics: addressing challenges and public issues related to crop science
K) Crop Science Research: exploring what questions are currently being answered by K-State researchers right here in the Agronomy department
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