Agricultural Regions of the US
Many dairy farms are here and they produce large amounts of milk, butter and cheese.
What is the Lakes States?
This government agency regulates food labels
What is the FDA?
Examples of this natural product, used to make things grow, are animal manure, green manure and compost.
What are organic fertilizers?
When seeds are planted among the roots of previous crops by drilling holes.
What is no-till farming?
This invention, created in 1874, gave farmers in treeless areas such as the prairies and Great Plains the ability to fence off their fields from roaming cattle.
What is barbed wire?
The US leaders of Cranberries and Mushrooms are found here
What is the Northeast?
This government agency is responsible for the food pyramid we learn about in school
What is the USDA?
Examples of this are cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens.
What is livestock?
Most farms are located on this type of land- think setting, not flat land.
What is rural areas?
Discovered by a man named Louie in the mid 1880's. He learned that heating foods will preserve them longer by killing bacteria and other harmful microbes.
What is pasteurization?
Crops that are essentially grasses like wheat, hay and barley do well in this flat landed area.
What are the Northern and Southern Plains?
This government agency has a bunch of inspectors that check out restaurants for cleanliness and safety.
What is the FDA?
The loss of soil when it is blown away by wind or washed away by water.
What is erosion?
Soil loss by caused by wind and water is best reduced by what type of farming?
What is contour farming?
Developed in 1926 this allowed farmers to work the land faster, leading to an increase in farm production.
What is the tractor?
Some HIGH meadows are good for raising cattle and sheep
What is the Mountains?
This government agency regulates the use of pesticides.
What is the EPA?
The process of moving crops from field to field in a pattern so as to not deplete the soil of all of its nutrients and to reduce erosion.
What is crop rotation?
Where PA ranks nationally in terms of total income from farming.
What is 18th?
This is a horse drawn wheat harvesting machine.
What is a reaper?
Includes the Mississippi flood plain and Gulf of Mexico fisheries.
What is the Delta region?
This government agency inspects and grades meat and dairy products.
What is the USDA?
When you live on a steep slope in the mountain region, this type of farming will most likley reduce erosion.
What is terrace farming?
This state is #1 for the production of mushrooms and also produces alot of milk and poultry.
What is Pennsylvania?
This machine invented in 1793 mechanically separates seeds, hulls and other unwanted parts from cotton fibers.
What is the cotton gin?