Analysis should include
- defining import and export
- identifying Virginia’s major agricultural imports and exports to other states and other countries
- describing the role of geography in AFNR
- identifying states and countries that receive Virginia’s agricultural exports
- identifying where various fibers and foods are produced and processed locally, in Virginia, nationally, and globally
- describing how the export/import trade affects the local, state, national, and global economy
- reviewing global trade relationships and how they affect the agriculture industry in Virginia
- understanding commodity and product pricing.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the five major agricultural commodities that are imported to Virginia and the United States?
- What are the five major agricultural commodities that are exported?
- How do agricultural products in the community affect the local economy?
- Where does the locality rank in agricultural commodities production in the state and in the nation?
- How have the effects of agricultural production evolved in the locality?
- How do global trade relationships affect prices of agricultural commodities and products in Virginia and in the rest of the country?