Herbicides
Fill in this common phrase - "The _____ is the law"
True or false: An acre is approximately the size of a basketball court
False - it is approximately the size of a football field
This Skippy crop grows in a Jif-fy in the southeast part of the United States
Peanuts
This person sells ag inputs directly to farmers (fertilizer, seed, chemical, etc.)
Retailer
This state is the #1 dairy producer in the US
California
The mode of _______ is how the active ingredient "acts" on target weeds
Action
This is the process of adding water to your crops - can be center pivot, subsurface, and more
Irrigation
Soybeans
In between the manufacturer and the retailer, you have
The distributor
The biggest one of this crop came in at a whopping 2749 pounds! A new world record!
Pumpkin
Herbicide _________ happens when weeds can no longer be controlled by a certain herbicide
resistance
This form of drainage is common on midwestern row crop farms
Drainage tile
#2 yellow dent is the main variety of this crop, grown in the midwest
Corn
20
Beets
The burndown pass happens before or after planting
Before
This common growing practice involves deliberately NOT turning over the soil
No-till
Grown only in a select few counties in the Western United States, this crunchy snack can often be found under the brand "Blue Diamond"
Almonds
This governing body certifies all crop protection products prior to sale in the US
EPA
This crop was poisonous prior to its domestication from its wild state - pretty "nutty" right?
Almonds
Bonus points for which poison
A herbicide with multiple active ingredients in the same jug is referred to as a _______
Premix
A section is one mile by one mile. How many acres is this?
640
Grown primarily in the Red River Valley between Minnesota and North Dakota, this crop is similar, but quite different than what Dwight Schrute grows on Schrute Farms
Sugarbeets
Name three manufacturers in the ag chem industry
Syngenta, Bayer, Corteva, HELM, FBN, Valent, FMC
This state is the #1 horseradish producer in the US
Illinois