How is math used in farming?

Question

How is math used in farming?

Answer 1

Math is used extensively in farming just like it is in any good business.  If you are interested in farming and think that you don't need math you are in big trouble.

Answer 2

crop planting and harvesting, mixing rations, buying and selling animals

Answer 3

you would also have to write up your sales etc

Answer 4

a bunch of math is used in farming,

ways to determine how much to use, square footage, profit, cost, chemical usage, seed usage, too many ways to use math and too many ways to count

Answer 5

This should answer everything.

I am one of the top agriculture students at my school and also a top maths student so i can really see the answer to this question.

Ok. Measuring areas of land is very important then doing special like division and stuff to work out exactly how many crops you need.

Basic example:

My field is 2m by 2m this seed must be planted 50 cm from other things

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Transporting animals you can easily calculate distance and stuff. Pythagora's theorem and calculus and things like that would help with the building of sheds, stables barns etc. Money is important on a farm and having good skills with maths helps you with money helping you with farming.

Anyway, there are more reasons but i have to get to school.

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Answer 6

the most common math in farming is geometry. the farmers rotate crops and grid out so they have plenty for selling and feeding the animals.

Answer 7

Well, to measure acreage, to figure out how much seed and fertilizer to use on the land.  To count the number of bushels or tons of crop produced. To figure how many tons of feed it took to bring a baby calf to market size, how to figure weight gain or loss, oh, I'm tired.  Figure out the rest yourself. In other words. You have to figure constantly to see if there will be a profit.  If not, it is more of a c**p shoot than it has to be.

Answer 8

Im not a farmer, but if i wanted to plant crops i would  have to measure the area of the field for organizational techniques.

Answer 9

As mentioned above, but add in fuel consumption (gallons/hour, gallons/acre, etc) Tire slippage during tillage is also a math problem.  Over 10%  and your'e wasteing fuel and tires, less and you're underutilizing the tractor.

Running a combine you fiqure how much grain you're loseing to reel thrashing, head loss, as well as how many bushels/acre are passing through machine and out the back.

With animals you've got feed ratios, (how much grain/hay/supplement etc) , feed efficiency (weight gained compared to amount of feed),

Then there's when to sell your grain -- compare the market price to the "futures contract" price and figure out which one gives you the best profit.

And all this was before they started using GPS to apply fertilizer, etc.

Yeah, I grew up on a farm.  Loved it, but couldn't work that hard for that little money.

Answer 10

I dont know who most of these folks are, but I would bet none of them farm.  I do. and my answer is....you use it for everything.

Answer 11

Investment? How much you're spending on the seed (for example), fertilizer, manual labor, etc. Then how much you going to get when you sell the products, minus tax?

Answer 12

It is very useful in determining the required area and planting density to come up with expected yield;  the required pesticide and fertilizer dosages; production cost and projection of yield and profits.

Answer 13

better question is when isn't it used.  want to plant crops?  got to know how much seed to buy per acre.  you have to know how to properly mix chemicals.  you have know how much feed to feed the animals.  you have to be able to keep accurate records for the government. those a just a few. all involve using math.  i grew up and still live on a farm.  i can't remember anything we ever did that didn't involve some sort of math.

Answer 14

same as any agribusiness through gross margin

Gross margin is an ambiguous phrase that expresses the relationship between gross profit and sales revenue. The ambiguity arises because it can be expressed in absolute terms:

Or as the ratio of gross profit to sales revenue, usually in the form of a percentage:

In everyday speech the word 'percentage' is sometimes omitted and this can create confusion.

Note: "Cost of goods sold" are the costs directly linked to the product, variable costs, e.g. costs for material and labour. They do not include fixed costs like office expenses etc. The gross margin shall be covering fixed costs and possibly a (net-) profit.

Higher gross margins for a manufacturer reflect greater efficiency in turning raw materials into income. For a retailer it will be their markup over wholesale.

Larger gross margins are generally good for companies, with the exception of discount retailers. They need to show that operations efficiency and financing allows them to operate with tiny margins

Answer 15

You count your seeds.

Then you count your plants.

Then you count the people working for you.

Then you count the harvest.

Then you count the CA$H!

Answer 16

Math and Farming...How much grain you will need depending on the size of your land, 1 bag of seed= so many acres. Also if you have so many head of animals verses how much pasture land you have and each acre can hold so many animals. Or if you have animals you want to take to market and the price is so much per pound and your animal weighs x amount of pounds this will equal how much money you will walk away from the sale with.

Answer 17

2 eggs plus 2 more eggs equals 5 eggs.  But if you have 2 eggs plus one hen, then you have 2 eggs squared.  add some heat and 2 pieces or bread and you have and omlette and a chicken sandwich.

I never was too good at math though.

Answer 18

predicting the seasons crop production, costs of irrigation water and fertilizer, estimating cost of labor to harvest, all kinds of stuff, even how much fencing material will it take to enclose that precious product.