Corny
This crunchy breakfast cereal, invented by the Kellogg brothers, features flattened flakes made from cooked corn.
What are Corn Flakes?
This animal doesn't just quack; it can also whistle, yodel, or coo.
What is a duck?
This natural peril—characterized by a lack of moisture—is one of the most common reasons for crop insurance claims nationwide.
What is a Drought?
Because their eyes are on the sides of their heads, these fluffy farm animals can see behind themselves without turning around.
What are sheep?
This big farm vehicle is famous for its giant back wheels and is used to pull heavy machines like plows and wagons.
What is a tractor?
This is the name for the shiny, hair-like green or yellow strands that hang out of the top of an ear of corn.
What is silk?
While they are famous for oinking, these intelligent animals can also squeal, grunt, and bark.
What is a pig?
This severe weather event can shred leaves, break stalks, and destroy a mature crop field in a matter of minutes.
What is a Hailstorm?
These stubborn but lovable pack animals have an incredible memory and can recognize a place or other animals they haven't seen for 25 years.
What are donkeys?
Tractors use this special part at the back to hook up and pull heavy equipment.
What is a hitch (or drawbar)?
This is the green, leafy blanket that wraps tightly around the ear of corn to protect it while it grows.
What is the husk?
A female horse makes this high-pitched sound to communicate with her foal or herd.
What is a whinny (or neigh)?
This extreme cold event occurring late in the spring can permanently damage tender emerging crop shoots.
What is a Frost / Freeze?
To cool down on a hot day, pigs don't sweat; instead, they roll around in this mess.
What is mud?
This machine is pulled behind a tractor to poke precise holes in the dirt and drop seeds into the ground at the exact right depth.
What is a seed drill (or planter)?
This is the popular autumn backyard puzzle made by cutting walking paths through a massive, tall field of corn.
What is a corn maze?
Male turkeys make a famous gobble, but female turkeys make this sharp, repetitive sound instead.
What is a cluck (or yelp)?
This type of localized risk endorsement covers specific high-value perils like wind and hail separately from multi-peril crop insurance.
What is Crop-Hail Insurance?
These agile climbers actually have rectangular pupils, giving them a wide 320-degree panoramic view.
What are goats?
After grass is cut and dried, this machine rolls or presses it into tight, heavy packages for animals to eat later.
What is a baler?
You shouldn't tell secrets on a farm because the corn field has too many of these.
What are ears?
This specific farm bird is famous for its loud, harsh "buck-wheat" call, often acting as a natural burglar alarm.
What is a guinea fowl?
This local professional works directly with farmers to evaluate risk, process policies, and file claims.
What is a Crop Insurance Agent / Adjuster?
Cows are famous for having "four stomachs," but this long-necked farm animal has a true "pseudo-ruminant" system with only three stomach compartments.
What is an alpaca (or llama)?
This tool has sharp blades that dig into the dirt and flip it over to get the soil ready for planting.
What is a plow?