Livestock
Steer
What is the #1 crop grown in Pa?
Corn
This is used to pull wagons on farms, tilling, and other tasks.
Tractor
What is it called when a system for watering fields is established?
Irrigation
What are the official FFA colors?
National Blue and Corn Gold
What is a wether?
a castrated male goat or sheep
What crop is known to replenish nitrogen into the soil?
Soybeans
This device is used to apply chemicals and fertilizers to crops.
Sprayer
This is planted after harvesting to help preserve soil overwinter.
Cover Crop
What does FFA stand for?
The National FFA Organization. Changed from Future Farmers of America in 1988 to be more inclusive
What is the most plentiful livestock commodity in Pennsylvania?
Cattle/Calves
This is made from the dry, hollow stalks of cereal grain crops left behind after the grain and seeds are harvested.
Straw
This machine is used for harvesting grains.
Combine
Crop Rotation
Who wrote the FFA creed?
E.M. Tiffany
A young female pig that has not yet farrowed.
This is the harvesting method and plant type where you pick the outer leaves of the plant and leave the center intact so it continues to grow
Cut and Come again
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
This is the practice where farmers plow and plant across a slope following its elevation lines rather than straight up and down
Who was the first National FFA President?
Leslie Applegate
On average, how much milk does a mature holstein cow produce a year?
between 23,000 and 28,000 pounds (about 2,650 to 3,250 gallons)
What type of plant grows its seeds in a pod? Ex. Soybeans, peas, beans, etc.
Legumes
Farmers would cut the grain with a scythe, thresh it by beating the cut stalks with a wooden tool called a flail, and throwing the debris in the air, letting the wind blow the chaff away, leaving the clean grains behind.
What crop should be rotated in a field after growing corn, and Why?
Soybeans, because they replenish the nitrogen taken by the corn.
What year were female members allowed to join.
1969