What is Agriculture?
Ag in the World
Ag in the U.S.
Ag at Home
Catch-All
100

What is agriculture? (4 things)

All aspects of the global food, fiber, fuel, and natural resource systems.

100

Why is agriculture important in the world? (3 things)

Provides food, clothing, and clothes

Provides income for other purchases

Provides medicines and pharmaceuticals

100

What three products do we eat the most of in the U.S.?

Vegetables - 253 lbs.

Fruit - 228 lbs.

Potatoes - 145 lbs. 

100

What is the average size of a Kansas farm? Is Harvey County's average farm size larger or smaller that the Kansas average?

781 acres; smaller than

100
This ag technology involves growing plants in a controlled climate, typically stacked on top of each other. 

Vertical farming

200

What percentage of jobs is associated with agriculture in the U.S.?

20%

200

What country buys the most U.S. products?

Mexico

200

What percentage of people in the agricultural industry are farmers?

2%

200

What is the age of the average farmer in Kansas?

58.2

200

What year was the Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS) created?

1935

300

List two of the four ways that agriculture affects your daily life. 

1. Careers

2. Low food costs

3. Longer life expectancy

4. Taxes generated

300

What are three of the top 20 commodities that the U.S. exports to the rest of the world?

Soybeans, corn, beef & beef products, tree nuts, pork & pork products, dairy products, soybean meal, food preparations, wheat, poultry meat & products (excluding eggs), cotton, fresh fruit, bakery goods/cereals/pasta, ethanol, other feeds/meals/fodders, processed vegetables, distillers grains, fresh vegetables, non-alcoholic beverages (excluding juice), essential oils
300

Why is agriculture successful in the U.S.?

Fertile Soil

Growing conditions

New technology

Marketing and transportation systems



300

Kansas is ranked number one in what two crops?

Winter wheat and sorghum (milo)
300

What is a current event in agriculture?

Answers vary

400

Name three jobs within the agricultural industry.

Answers may vary.

400

List three of the five ways that ag varies throughout the world. 

Climate

Soil fertility and drainage

Economic development

Technology

Marketing and distribution systems

400

In general, crop yields have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and meat animals have become leander and more _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Increased; cost efficient
400

What percentage of people work in agriculture in Kansas?

19.3%

400

This historical ag event paved the way for land-grant colleges that teach agriculture to the general public.

The Morrill Act of 1862

500

Name five of the seven career sectors in agriculture.

Ag Systems Technology

Ag Processing and Marketing

Ag Supplies and Sevices

Forestry

Horticulture

Production Ag

Natural Resources

500

What are two roles of the U.S. in the world market?

Supplies the food needed to feed its citizens 

Exports food and other products  needed by other countries

Provides technical and educational assistance

Administers foreign food assistance programs



500

What are the four goals of agriculture in the U.S.?

Provide food, clothing, and shelter

Protects the environment

Ensures food safety

Use technology to benefit consumers

500

What is Harvey County ranked #1 in across the state of Kansas?

Sheeps, goats, wool, mohair, milk

500

What ag technology prevents soil erosion by plowing along land's natural curves?

Contour plowing

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