- •Unit 1 agribusiness defined
- •2. Restore the words determining which parts of speech they are. Current condition of american agribusiness
- •3. Insert the appropriate words into the blanks The us Market
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- •5. Arrange the sentences into a logical order to get a complete text
- •6. Comment on the us land structure and the main challenges of its use.
- •7. Render the text in English (trying to make one English sentence out of one Russian passage) Российский агробизнес
- •8. Make a written annotation of the text. Инвесторы с надеждой смотрят на российский агробизнес
- •9. Get ready for a final dictation-translation based on the materials of this unit.
- •10. Write an essay on the topic “The prospects and challenges of the Russian farm industry”.
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5. Arrange the sentences into a logical order to get a complete text
Agricultural productivity is directly dependent upon soil, water, climate, and access to markets, leading to geographical clustering of US farms.
As a result, agricultural politics skewed farm development toward the desert west where an essential input - fresh water for crop irrigation – was extremely limited.
Most farms are located in the middle of the country.
Subsequently, many western states and agricultural producers took advantage of cheap, secure water to produce crops during the depression and after World War II when jobs were scarce.
The 1902 Reclamation Act diverted water sources to help achieve western settlement.
The arid, drought-prone deserts of the west also produce farm products, many of which were artificially developed.
Thus, although much of the west is arid, the region accounts for approximately ten percent of US farms and contributes nearly 20 percent of US food production.
US national interests historically included settling the west and feeding the country.