Creepy Crops
This orange crop is used for pies, carving, and decoration during Halloween.
What is a pumpkin?
This black animal is often linked to witches and bad luck.
What is a cat?
The tradition of carving pumpkins began hundreds of years ago in this country.
What is Ireland?
This cold fall event can damage crops overnight.
What is frost?
This large machine might sound haunted when it harvests at night.
What is a combine?
This sticky, golden ingredient made by bees is often used in fall snacks.
What is honey?
This tall crop often grows in haunted mazes during fall festivals.
What is corn?
This barn animal is known for hooting at night and symbolizing wisdom or mystery.
What is an owl?
This famous chocolate company works with Cargill to turn candy waste into animal feed.
What is Hershey?
This type of rainstorm can wash away soil and cause erosion.
What is a thunderstorm?
Farmers sometimes hang this fake figure in fields to scare birds away.
What is a scarecrow?
This orange vegetable's seeds can be roasted into for a Halloween treat.
What are pumpkin seeds?
These colorful flowers are a fall favorite for decorating porches, but in some cultures they symbolize death and are used at funerals.
What are mums (chrysanthemums)?
This insect helps pollinate crops but also makes hives that can be scary to find in the barn.
What is a bee?
Farmers once believed this type of moon meant extra time to harvest crops.
What is a harvest moon?
This spooky weather event spins in a funnel and can destroy barns and fields.
What is a tornado?
This grain storage structure can be dangerous if someone falls inside.
What is a silo?
This crop is popularly enjoyed in many forms from popped to candies--its a Halloween staple!
What is corn?
This fruit was originally carved instead of pumpkins in Ireland to ward off evil spirits.
What is a turnip?
These nocturnal mammals help control insects and often live in barns or trees.
What are bats?
This ancient tool, now replaced by tractors, was once used to cut grain by hand. It is also used by the "Grimm Reaper".
What is a sickle or scythe?
Farmers use these forecasts to protect crops from extreme weather.
What is the weather report?
These gases from manure pits or silos can be toxic to breathe.
What are methane?
This sweet ingredient in chocolate comes from the cacao plant, grown on tropical farms.
What is cocoa?
This plant’s dried stalks are often used as Halloween decorations on barns and porches.
What are corn stalks?
Farmers sometimes see glowing eyes of these animals in fields at night — they’re known for howling at the moon.
What are coyotes?
Before tractors, these “haunted helpers” pulled plows across fields.
What are horses or oxen?
This natural disaster caused by lack of rain can turn crops “to dust.”
What is a drought?
If your flashlight goes out in the barn and something rustles in the hay, it’s probably this common farm pest.
What is a rat or mouse?
In the U.S., many Halloween candies use this crop as a main sweetener due to government subsidies for U.S. farmers and tariffs on imported sugar.
What is corn (or corn-syrup)?