NC Agriculture and the NCAA Tournament

2014

NC Dept of Agriculture

• Who is NC’s Ag Commissioner?• Why do we have a Dept of Agriculture?• http://www.ncagr.gov/index.htm

NC Top 10 CommoditiesTry to list the top ten agricultural commodities (ranked by cash receipts). They may be crops (plants) or livestock (animals).

Rank 1st Guess Correct Answer

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NC Top 10 CommoditiesTry to list the top ten agricultural commodities (ranked by cash receipts). They may be crops (plants) or livestock (animals).

Rank 1st Guess Correct Answer

1 Tobacco

2 Sweet Potatoes

3 Poultry & Eggs

4 Hogs

5 Christmas Trees

6 Turkeys

7 Cucumbers

8 Broilers

9 Strawberries

10 Tomatoes

NC is….Compared to all of the US

#1 in -Tobacco -Sweet Potatoes

#2 in -Poultry & Egg -Hogs

-Christmas Trees -Turkeys

NC’s Top 10 Commodities

• Info on top commodities in NC ranked against the US– http://www.ncagr.gov/stats/general/commodities.htm

• Map of NC Commodities– http://www.ncagr.gov/stats/general/overview.htm

• Fact sheet on NC– http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&s

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US MAP

Agriculture Schools• http://www.univsource.com/agri.htm

Brackets (Put mouse over the college on the bracket to see full college name) Click on school name to see where

located• http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/bas

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NCAA Tournament Project Overview

1. Talk about and Fill out Brackets2. Locate all participating schools on the US map3. Highlight all Agriculture Schools (ex. NCSU)4. Start project5. One slide for each school!6. Make slides for ALL NC Schools (NCCU, NCSU, UNC,

Duke) & your Elite 8 schools- research and find needed info.

7. Present powerpoint-(save on flashdrive or google doc)

7th & 8th

1. Place a star on the map for each college. What are the top 5 States with the most colleges participating? List how

many schools beside the state.2. Color Yellow in the bracket for each Agriculture School3. Complete Bracket

IN A POWERPOINT :Take your Elite 8 & 1st Seeds and do the following

List School Name List City and State of College List mascot Top Commodities for their State.

SAVE as AGRICULTURE First/Last Name

Examples

North Carolina State University

• Raleigh, NC• www.ncsu.edu• Wolfpack• Yes, this is an Agriculture School• Top 3 Commodities for NC

1. Tobacco2. Sweet Potatoes3. Poultry & Egg

University of North Carolina

• Chapel Hill, NC• www.unc.edu• Rameses the Ram• No,not an Agriculture School• Top 3 Commodities for NC

1. Tobacco2. Sweet Potatoes3. Poultry & Egg

Duke University• Durham, NC• www.duke.edu• Blue Devil• No, not and Agriculture School• Top 3 Commodities for NC

1. Tobacco2. Sweet Potatoes3. Poultry & Egg

North Carolina Central University

• Durham, NC• www.nccu.edu• Eagles• No, not an Agriculture School• Top 3 Commodities for NC

1. Tobacco2. Sweet Potatoes3. Poultry & Egg

Don’t ForgetOn title page: Come up with your own original

title and put your name and class on it.One school per slideComplete a slide for each of our NC schools and

your ELITE 8 Picks.Should have a total of 13 slides.Save on a flash drive or on your google drive.

Agriculture Schools in the 2014 NC Tournament

• NC State Cal Poly• Florida Stephen F. Austin• Ohio State Michigan State• Delaware Iowa State• Tennessee Arizona• Oklahoma St N. Dakota St• New Mexico St Nebraska• BYU Wisconsin• Kentucky Kansas State