Agr Economics & Foundations
This sector of the economy is involved in changing raw natural resources into primary products.
What is Primary Industry?
This is the smallest of the main soil particles, coming in behind sand and silt.
What is clay?
This term describes a female cow under 3 years of age that has not yet given birth to a calf.
What is a heifer?
This is the approximate number of eggs that an average modern laying hen produces every single year.
What is 300 eggs?
This is the estimated fraction of all food produced worldwide that is unfortunately lost or wasted.
What is one-third (1/3)?
The 4 "P's" of agricultural marketing are Product, Price, Place, and this.
What is Promotion?
Represented by the letter "K" in the NPK fertilizer rating, this macronutrient helps with overall plant health and disease resistance.
What is Potassium?
This type of commercial beef cow is highly recognizable for coming in solid black or solid red colors.
What is an Angus?
This process involves shining a bright light through an egg to inspect its interior air cell and check for quality without breaking the shell.
What is candling?
To protect the future, this concept focuses on meeting current food and textile needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
This is the specific term used to describe the total amount of money paid to farmers from government agencies for their crop and livestock sales.
What are Farm Cash Receipts?
This compound is commonly applied to Nova Scotia soils to adjust the pH and make the ground less acidic.
What is lime?
This percentage represents the exact amount of milk fat found in standard Homogenized milk.
What is 3.25%?
This young chicken variety is bred strictly for meat, weighing 1.7 to 2.5 kg and taking only 35 to 40 days to harvest.
What is a broiler?
This historic agricultural movement provided massive food security to developing nations, but faced heavy criticism for its excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
What is the Green Revolution?
While Primary Industry extracts resources, this sector takes that raw output and manufactures finished goods for export or domestic consumers.
What is Secondary Industry?
It is the thin, waxy layer that covers the epidermis of a leaf to prevent water loss.
What is the Cuticle?
This painful medical condition refers to an inflammation or infection happening directly in the udder of a dairy cow
What is mastitis?
This phrase describes eggs collected from hens that are permitted to run freely across the floor of the barn rather than being caged.
What are Free Range eggs?
Global food loss and food waste are responsible for this exact percentage of all global greenhouse gas emissions.
What is 8%?
In the scientific method, this is the specific type of variable that the scientist intentionally alters or changes.
What is the Independent Variable?
The total number of soil combinations on the Soil Texture Triangle.
What is 12?
This specific housing setup allows dairy cows to roam freely around the barn for group feeding and comfort, contrasting with individual tie-stalls.
What is a Free Stall barn?
Eggs protect themselves from bacteria using an exterior shell and two interior membranes; however, this part of the egg does not possess antimicrobial properties.
What is the yolk?
These are the four critical interacting variables that dictate the balance and success of any farming system.
What are Space, Food, Population, and Health?