Producer
* Many producers feed high phosphorus levels in hopes of improving reproductive performance
  - generate electricity from wind, sun and geothermal sources
  - provide minerals to the cowherd to enhance cow fertility and productivity
  - supplement their sheep with selenium to avoid white muscle disease in lambs
* Many producers use microchip identification as a method of identifying birds
  - small amounts of nitrogen fertilizer for soybeans
* Most producers affect growth.
* Most producers are green plants or algae that make organic compounds through photosynthesis
  - musicians, and listen to and are familiar with many styles of music
  - sensitive to the welfare of their livestock
  - claim to be environmentally friendly even if they are polluting highly
  - know the basic soil condition and have knowledge of the soil pH and fertility
  - operate so that cows are more likely to be thin than fat
  - produce energy
  - reduce nitrogen excretion
  - view agriculture as more than a commodity
* Some producers also use aeration as a means of renovating meadows
  - claim their product protects crops from soil pathogens
* Some producers create chemical energy
  - feed dead birds to swine
  - provide forage fish for their brood fish
  - raise game fish , such as largemouth bass and bluegill, for stocking ponds and lakes
  - sell animals to customers when the animals are still alive
* Some producers use energy
  - herbicides early to retain crop residues
  - salt to limit feed intake because it is inexpensive and takes little time
  - utilize milking breeds for specialty cheese production
* absorb the soil phosphate and incorporate it into molecules.
* are a direct or indirect source of food for other organisms.
* are able to harness the energy of the sun to make food
  - make food using the simple substances water and carbon dioxide
  - an important part of the food cycle since they are the first stage of the food cycle
  - anything that can create food from sunlight, hence photosynthesis
  - autotrophs since they use photosynthesis to get their food
  - causes
  - commercial organizations
  - creators
  - eaten by consumers
  - important to the food chain
  - organisms in the ocean like plankton,crill,and nekton
* are organisms like plants that can produce food
  - plants, algae and some bacteria, that produce their own food
  - that are able to create their own food, through photosynthesis
* are organisms that can make their own food
  - produce their own food by photosythesis
  - who make their own food
* are organisms, like green plants, that produce organic compounds from inorganic compounds
  - such as green plants, that convert light energy into food
  - people who perform a service or make goods
  - plants and are food for consumers
* are plants, algae etc. Primary consumers eat producers
  - algae, or cyanobacteria
  - so get their energy through photosynthasis
  - professionals whose time and product are valuable
  - stewards of the land and their animals
* are the base of the food chain
  - first living things or link in a food chain
  - largest group in a food chain
  - one which can synthesize their own food as they have chloroplasts
  - ones that mostly make every other animal live
  - organisms that can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis
  - plants and animals that make the food
  - source of all the food in an ecosystem
  - workers
* can also prevent disease by keeping infectious agents from coming onto their farm
  - have impact
  - keep P out of surface water by managing soil erosion and nutrient losses from runoff
* can make their own food by photosynthesis
  - using the energy of sunlight and nutrients in the soil
* capture sunlight and store it as food energy.
* combine natural, human, and capital resources to make goods and services.
* convert light energy into chemical energy.
* convert the energy from the sun to energy for themselves through photosynthesis
  - radiant energy of the sun into the chemical energy of food
  - sunlight into chemical energy or food
* create food through photosynthesis, whereas decomposers breakdown dead or decaying matter.
* earn carbon credits by the amount of their carbon sequestration.
* enhance air quality
  - water quality
* form the base of all food chains.
* get it in the form of nitrates or ammonia from the soil or water in which they live.
* have ability
  - alternatives
  - backgrounds
  - beneficial effects
  - decisions
  - facilities
* have major decisions
  - market decisions
  - many beneficial effects
  - military backgrounds
  - several alternatives
  - the largest population and the most energy
* increase production.
* live in the world of dollars and cents, income and expense and profit and loss.
* make decisions
  - money by putting together products which they sell to consumers
  - organic nutrients which are transferred to consumers when the plants are eaten
* make their food, in the presence of light, by the process of photosynthesis
  - own food from energy that comes directly from the sun
* make their own food, and they make nutrients for other organisms
  - producers are plants
* manufacture the organic compounds that they use as sources of energy and nutrients.
* often add pesticides to protect hides during transport.
* play an important role in consumer awareness.
  - more glucose and oxygen than they use during cell respiration
* reduce excretion
* release oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.
* spend money for land, buildings, machinery, resources, and workers.
* store energy in the chemical bonds of the food they make.
* take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the process of photosynthesis
  - energy from nitrogen
* then release oxygen, which is used by other organisms.
* turn light energy from the sun into food through a process called photosynthesis.
* use carbon dioxide to carry out photosynthesis
  - methods
  - pesticides on certain plants that are very susceptible to nematodes
  - sunlight and other raw materials to make food through photosynthesis
  - techniques
* use the basic chemicals produced during decomposition and sunlight to produce food
  - nutrients in the soil and sunlight to create food
* view sustainability as an income generating activity with economic and social value.