NB Agriculture
This province is known for producing potatoes, blueberries, dairy products and maple syrup.
What is New Brunswick?
This machine is commonly used to pull farm implements and perform many different jobs around a farm.
What is a tractor?
Plants need this gas from the atmosphere for photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
This animal is commonly raised for milk and dairy products.
What is a cow?
This is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food.
What is photosynthesis?
This northern NB region is well known for potato production.
What is the Saint John River Valley?
This piece of equipment is used to turn and loosen soil before planting.
What is a plow?
This underground part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients and anchors the plant.
What are roots?
Chickens raised specifically for meat are called this.
What are broilers?
Potatoes, apples and carrots are examples of foods that originate from this part of the food system.
What are crops?
This sweet agriculture product is collected from maple trees and is an important NB sustainable forest product.
What is maple syrup?
This machine can harvest grain crops and separates the grain from the rest of the plant.
What is a combine?
This practice involves growing different crops in different years to help manage soil nutrients, pests and diseases.
What is crop rotation?
This term describes the food given to livestock.
What is feed?
This term describes the journey of food from the farm to the consumer.
What is the food supply chain / system?
Our local area is known for the harvest of this sweet crop every August.
What are Blueberries?
Farmers use this machine to apply seeds to a field in organized rows.
What is a seeder or planter?
This soil component is made up of decomposed plant and animal material and it is important for soil fertility.
What is organic matter?
This group of animals has a four-chambered stomach and includes cattle and sheep.
What are ruminants?
Turning milk into cheese or wheat into bread is an example of this agricultural activity.
What is food processing / value-added agriculture?
Approximately 7.34 million hectares of land (18 million acres) or roughly 5% of NB's total land area.
How much of NB's land is classified as farmland?
Farmers are adopting this technology to collect images and monitor crops.
What are drones?
This soil characteristic describes how much sand, silt and clay are present.
What is soil texture?
The day-to-day care, feeding, health and breeding of farm animals.
What is animal husbandry?
A farmer who turns raw berries into jam and sells the finished product is creating this type of agriculture product.
What is a value-added product?