Introducing Me

Howdy pals! My name is Tessa Williams, but my friends call me Tess. I just graduated from Texas A&M, earning a degree in agriculture marketing. I need to make a decision concerning which type of agriculture I would like the base my career around. This summer I have the incredible opportunity of traveling the world in order to gain knowledge of different types of agriculture in various places. As I journey, my main focus will be commercialization and advertising. I can’t wait to share my learnings!

An Overlook Of My Journey

  1. Arizona
  2. Minnesota
  3. Canada
  4. Northeast China
  5. Nepal
  6. Thailand
  7. Malaysia
  8. Italy
  9. Argentina
  10. Bolivia
  11. Brazil

Intensive Subsistence Farming in Northeast China

When my time in Canada was through, I packed my bags and flew across the Pacific to China. China is a most developed country located in Southeast Asia. Although China happens to be a highly developed country, subsistence farming usually takes place in lesser developed countries. Subsistence farming is the growing of crops, in this case other than rice, for personal gain. The northeast is China’s most important source of soybeans and corn. Irrigation systems are used on larger farms in order to efficiently water all crops. Because this particular type of farming falls under the subsistence farming category, advertisement and marketing are not commonly necessary.

Strengths: precipitation levels do not need to be high

Challenges: labor intensive

Grain Farming in Canada

After leaving Minnesota, I made my way to Canada. Canada (MDC) is located in northern North America. I met with grain farmers, people who commercially grow grain to export it to other places for consumption. Wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn are some examples of grains grown in Canada. Upon talking to a successful grain farmer, Thomas Tremblay, I learned that the first step to an effective marketing plan is understanding your cost of production. Sell your grain for more than you spent in order to make a profit. It is important to acknowledge the prices of competing farmers’ wheat, ensuring that yours is not too pricey compared to theirs.

Strengths: grain can grow in any climate, farmers are not responsible for much work due to mechanization, grain can be sold at high prices

Challenges: expensive machinery

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