Vocabulary
The amount of production of a crop is called (example 250 bu/acre)
Yield
Fattened up to 280 pounds and then sold
Lean hog
Mature male pig
boar
The unit used for measuring grain yield
bushel
How much weight cattle put on per day
3-4 lbs
Raw agricultural product
Fattened up to 1250-1500 pounds before sold
Cattle
Castrated male pig
barrow
56 pounds equals one bushel of ________
Corn
2-3 pounds
Time of year a ripened crop is gathered
harvest
Provides us with mutton and wool
Sheep
Castrated male cattle
steer
60 pounds equals one bushel of __________
soybeans
Roughly the size of a football field
acre
Land that is not irrigated
Top ag export in Nebraska
Cattle/beef
Female cattle, hasn't had a baby yet
heifer
Grain that is not sold right away is _________
Stored grain
A way to mitigate risk for farmers
Crop insurance
Ground that is given water through a pivot or other man made method
Irrigated
Provides us with milk
Dairy cattle
Mother pig
Sow
Typical month when corn is harvested
Name 3 crops and 3 types of livestock grown in U.S.
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