Agriculture on the West Coast
Agriculture in the Midwest
Agriculture in the South
FFA Creed
General Agriculture Statistics/History
100
Which state has the largest output of total agricultural products?
California
100
What is the most concentrated agricultural region in the United States?
The Midwest
100
What was the 'king' of antebellum Southern economy?
Cotton
100

What does every paragraph of the FFA Creed start with?

"I Believe..."

100

Which crop is grown in every single state and commonwealth of the US?

Corn

200
Which state produces 98% of the hazelnuts grown in the US?
Oregon
200
What invention made the Great Plains croppable?
The plow
200
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
200

Who wrote the FFA Creed?

E.M. Tiffany

200

Who created the first steel plow in the 1830s?

John Deere

300

The "Emerald Triangle," composed of California's Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, gets its name from the fact that it is the United States' leading producer of what plant?

Cannabis 

300
Since the 1950's, which legume crop has been gradually replacing wheat and oats?
Soybeans
300
Which crop, cultivated in the old South, was in high demand as a dye?
Indigo
300

Which national convention was the FFA Creed adopted?

The 3rd National Convention

300

Which breed of cattle makes up 90% of the US dairy herd? (Hint: Transported to the US during the 1840s)

Holsteins

400
Immediately after World War II, which Asian country became the second largest trading partner with the United States, mainly with the West Coast?
Japan
400
Who invented barbed wire, which ended the legendary Long Drive of cattle?
Joseph Glidden
400
Which state has the highest output of ginned cotton today?
Texas
400

Which national conventions did the FFA creed get revised?

38th and 63rd

400

What did the Smith-Huges act accomplish?

High school agriculture received federal funding (Only college ag before hand)

500
What is the cause of Oregon's high soil acidity?
A large amount of annual rainfall
500
40% of upper Midwest land is: a) forested b) federal reserve land c) intensively farmed
a) forested
500

Which state has the most cattle?

Texas

500

What year was the FFA Creed written?

1930

500
In order to officially be considered Angus beef, what percent of the hide must be black?
51%
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