Guest Lecturer: Dan Severson

From this lecture, Dan Severson focused on the livestock industry. His lecture allowed me to realize that 96 percent of family farm is family owned. Then, he explained more about farmer’s life and give data to predict the development of livestock industry in the future. Also, I learned that the agriculture production of Delaware ranked number one in the U.S. Also, Dan Severson introduced the top three largest meat products are pork, beef and poultry.The amount of goat and sheep milk also keeps increasing constantly. Besides, he talked about different  phenomenon of livestock industry and agriculture. For example, the cultivation of apiaries and bison were also increasing. I appreciate hearing the speaking offered by Dan Severson, he taught and help me to understand the agricultural market and economy today.

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