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							                                    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Agricultural products is designed to provide exploratory instruction into the food science and technology
industry of the United States. The course will provide a general introduction into food science. The major
emphasis will be in the meat processing area, which will include the identification, grading, and
processing of meat products and the development of skills in retail meat cutting, wrapping and storage,
curing meats and sausages, and meat pricing. Beef, pork, lamb, and deer will be processed as available.
Boxed beef and pork wholesale cuts will also be processed. The course will also explore the dairy
products and crop processing industry.

INTRODUCTION TO THE MEAT INDUSTRY
-What is meat?
-Importance of the meat industry
-Storage and preservation of meat products
-Meat by-products
-Meats lab safety, sanitation, and hygiene
-Careers in the food science an meat industry

PORK PROCESSING
-Pork slaughter
-Pork skeleton
-Pork wholesale cuts
-Pork retail cuts
-Pork grading/carcass grading
-Meat formulation problems
-Sausage making
-Curing and smoking meat products
-Lab: Processing pork
        Sausage making

LAMB PROCESSING
-Lamb slaughter
-Lamb skeleton
-Lamb wholesale cuts
-Lamb retail cuts
-Lab: Processing lamb

DAIRY PRODUCTS
-Introduction to the dairy products industry
-Lab: cheese identification
-Lab: Milk flavors
-Lab: Real vs. Artificial dairy products
-Lab: California mastitis test
-Lab: Ice cream making
-Lab: Butter making
BEEF PROCESSING
-Beef slaughter
-Beef skeleton
-Beef wholesale cuts
-Beef retail cuts
-Beef quality and yield grading
-Beef carcass pricing
-Lab: Processing beef

INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SCIENCE
-Quality/Abundance/Choice
-Food labeling
-Food economics
-Food processing
-Storage/Transportation/Packaging
-Food safety
-Lab: Food science labs

DEER PROCESSING LABS

POULTRY PROCESSING LAB

CROP PROCESSING
-Processing of crop food products
-Lab: Crop processing activities (bread/pasta)

POSSIBLE FIELD TRIPS
-Supervalu Foods
-Barton Meats
-Viterra/Dakota Growers


An Ag. Products FFA Mini-Chapter will be organized that will meet at least once during the semester and
as needed. Various FFA activities will be conducted during the semester. Class time throughout the
semester will be used to work on the development of SAE programs and the updating of the SAEP
recordbook.