Farm Equipment
What machine is commonly used to pull farm implements and do heavy field work?
What is a tractor?
What farm animal is commonly raised for both meat and leather?
What is cattle?
What do farmers spread on fields to improve soil fertility?
What is manure or fertilizer?
What is a silo?
What is storing grain or fermented feed?
What building is commonly used to house animals
What is a barn?
What piece of equipment turns over and loosens soil before planting?
What is a plow?
What is often referred to as "a mans best friend" and can be found working on farms?
What is a dog?
This crop grows very tall and is commonly yellow and eaten off the cob
What is corn?
What is silage?
What is fermented plant material (corn,grass,or other greens) chopped up and packed tightly and is used as livestock feed?
Farmers use this tool to move hay, straw, or manure by hand
What is a pitchfork?
What machine seperates grain from the stalk and other plant material?
What is a combine?
What is the name of a baby horse?
What is a foal?
This crop is commonly used to make bread ir flour
What is wheat?
What is fallow?
What is farmland left unplanted for a period of time to help manage the soil?
Farmers use this tool to carry water, feed, or other tools around the farm
What is a pail or bucket?
What machine is used to plants seeds in neat rows?
What is a seeder/ planter?
what is a female pig that has had piglets called?
What is a sow?
What is the name of the season when farmers gather crops?
What is harvesting/harvest?
What is bolting?
When a vegetable plant rapidly produces a flowering stalk often making it less desireable to eat?
What is the fenced area wher livestock can graze is called?
What is a pasture?
What is the name of equipment used to water crops?
What is an irragation system/sprinkler?
What is the metal hand held device, along with elastrator bands, are used to castrate cattle and sheep?
What is a Burdizzo?
What is crop rotation?
What is changing which crops are planted in a field from season to season to balance nutrients, control pests, and manage weeds?
Prairie example: Year 1 is an oilseed like canola, Year 2 is a cereal grain like wheat, year 3 is a nitrogen-fixing like field peas and year 4 returns to cereal like barley
What is a volunteer crop?
What is a crop that grows without being intentionally planted.
Farmers traditionally used this tool to cut tall grass or grain by hand
What is a scythe?