"Agricultural engineers are in the front line in the challenge to provide a secure food supply for our world. This timely book explores how engineers design methods, as well as machinery for growing and harvesting crops, to make farming more efficient. Real-life examples help students understand key concepts related to this important profession. With an overview of the engineering design process, readers are encouraged to apply the same steps into their own agricultural engineering challenge."-- Provided by publisher.

What is agricultural engineering? -- What is a biosystem? -- How things grow -- Improving farming through history -- Learning from past mistakes -- Working in agricultural engineering -- The engineering process -- Brainstorming and choosing ideas -- Testing and prototypes -- Evaluating and improving the design -- Refining and sharing the project -- Design challenge -- Into the future.