Crops
Which crop must be treated with a defoliant to harvest?
A) Wheat
B) Corn
C) Cotton
D) Sorghum
C) Cotton
Which weed plant and/or seed does NOT have prickles or thorns?
A) Puncturevine
B) Prickly Sida
C) Barnyard Grass
D) Silverleaf Nightshade
D) Barnyardgrass
What is the top crop grown in Texas?
A) Wheat
B) Alfalfa
C) Barley
D) Cotton
D) Cotton
Which insect is beneficial to crops?
A) Pea Aphid
B) Lady Beetle
C) Fall Armyworm
D) Green Cloverworm
B) Lady Beetle
What is the dark material on top of the soil which is important for crop health?
A) Clay
B) Organic Matter
C) Parent Material
D) Sand
B) Organic Matter
Which crop resembles corn and has a dust-like substance at the base of the stalk?
A) Wheat
B) Sorghum
C) Oats
D) Crambe
B) Sorghum
Which weed plant wraps around other plants causing damage?
A) Green Foxtail
B) Barnyardgrass
C) Bindweed
D) Prickly Sida
C) Bindweed
Where does corn seed come from?
A) The Stalk
B) The Ear
C) The Roots
D) The Leaves
B) The Ear
Which insect is a problem in cotton?
A) Fall Armyworm
B) Pea Aphid
C) Bollworm
D) Grain Borer
C) Bollworm
What is a term to describe the tool designed to get water from sprinklers to the ground with little to no drift?
A) LUFA
B) USDA
C) LEPA
D) ULLA
C) LEPA
Which type of wheat is used to make pasta?
A) Durum
B) Hard Red
C) Soft White
D) Hard White
A) Durum
Which weed resembles corn and can grow from 3-10 feet tall?
A) Johnsongrass
B) Unicorn Plant
C) Giant Foxtail
D) Cheese Weed
A) Johnsongrass
Who is the current U.S Secretary of Agriculture?
A) Adam Jeffreys
B) Brook Rollins
C) Ted Cruz
D) Tom Vilsak
B) Brooke Rollins
Which insect is a common pest in Wheat production?
A) Red Flour Beetle
B) Lacewing
C) Bollworm
D) Green Cloverworm
A) Red Flour Beetle
Which Crop is used to make Earlage?
A) Guar
B) Cotton
C) Corn
D) Wheat
C) Corn
Which crop can be toxic to cattle when consumed?
A) Sorghum
B) Corn
C) Canola
D) Castor
D) Castor
Which weed has an ovular seed pod containing small hooks?
A) Cocklebur
B) Venice mallow
C) Leafy Spurge
D) Hoary Cress
A) Cocklebur
How Much total farmland is in the United States (as of 2025)?
A) 508 million acres
B) 876 million acres
C) 915 million acres
D) 1.8 billion acres
B) 876 million acres
Which pest has larvae that is NOT yellow or white in color?
A) Indian Meal Moth
B) White Grub
C) Wireworm
D) Corn Rootworm
C) Wireworm
What three nutrients are the most common listed in fertilizers?
A) N, P, K
B) Ni, Po, K
C) Mo, Ni, Cu
D) N, Ma, Mg
A) N, P, K
Which grass crop is a breed of wheat and rye?
A) Oats
B) Triticale
C) Rice
D) Barley
B) Triticale
Which weed has a strong odor on the leaves?
A) Johnsongrass
B) Large Crab grass
C) Yellow Foxtail
D) Jimsonweed
D) Jimsonweed
A) 1.93 Billion bushels
B) 2.36 Billion Bushels
C) 3.48 Billion Bushels
D) 4.23 Billion Bushels
A) 1.93 Billion Bushels
Which insect is from Agronomy President Ryon Howell's personal favorite insect?
A) Bird Cherry Oat Aphid
B) Lacewing
C) Wireworm
D) Spotted Cucumber Beetle
B) Lacewing
Which crop is grown to make linen?
A) Cotton
B) Crambe
C) Green Mungbean
D) Flax
D) Flax