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Pastoral farming involves raising ____.
Livestock
Soil health became a big issue in the early 1980's or 1990's?
1980's
Canada is the ___ largest agricultural exporter in the world.
fifth
How many methods of farming are there?
10
Long-term stewardship of natural and human resources is as important as short-term economic gain.
True
Arable farming is practiced on ____ and ____ soils.
Flatlands and fertile soils
Was farming at its peak during WW1 or WW2?
WW2
Our main exports are found in...
The Prairie provinces
How many years ago did agriculture first appear?
12,000 years ago
Sedentary farming is similar to the nomadic farming method.
False, it is the contrast of Nomadic farming.
Farmers increase the size of their farmland without modifying other aspects in order to enhance ______.
Productivity
On the graph of different kinds of tillage, The conventional tillage shows a decrease or increase over the years?
Decrease
Currently, Ontario is losing how many acres of farmland every day?
175 acres
What can fish farming also be referred to as?
Aquaculture
Conservation tillage stays inconsistent throughout 1991-2016.
False, it was very consistent throughout the years.
Subsistence farming has little to no ____ or ____.
Machinery or technology
Soil degradation and urbanization is responsible for 65% or 73% of the loss of farmland in the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario since 1920.
65%
Monoculture, or the development of a single commercial crop such as flowers or coffee, is common in which style of farming?
Commercial farming
Which province is the breadbasket of Canada?
Saskatchewan
Soil degradation is the physical, chemical and biological decline in soil quality.
True
Mowers are often used when harvesting ______, _____, or any type of ______.
Spring mix, basil, or any type of forage crop
Was it 78.9% or 91% of the total cropland in Saskatchewan seeded with field crops in 2016?
91%
Farmers are only getting about 90% of their yield because of soil erosion. That lost yield currently costs farmers about ______ a year.
3 billion
What was agriculture's development named?
"Neolithic Revolution."
Saskatchewan accounted for more than two-fifths of Canada's total field crop acreage with 25.9 million acres, more than Alberta and Manitoba combined.
False, it was 36.7 million acres.