NASS Nonsense
The full name of the "ARG" publication tool.
What is Automatic Report Generator?
The Indiana state rock.
What is limestone?
Michigan's state flower.
What is the apple blossom?
The official state bird of Ohio.
What is the Cardinal?
This State claims to rank second in the United States for agricultural diversity, second only to California.
What is Michigan?
(source: Michigan.gov)
The full name of the "ELMO" list frame tool.
What is "Enhanced List Maintenance Operations"?
A popular nickname given to Indiana residents.
What is "Hoosier"?
This nickname is often given to residents living in Michigan's upper peninsula.
What is "Yooper"?
A nickname used by many Ohio residents. This nickname stemmed from the name of a common local tree.
What is "Buckeyes"?
In the 1990s, this illness previously thought to be confined to cattle, was found to have been expanded to impact other animals and even humans.
What is mad cow disease?
The full name for the "IDAS" outlier analysis tool.
What is "Information Data Analysis System"?
Starring in the movies "East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause", this famous actor was born in Marion, Indiana.
Who is James Dean?
What is "Motown"?
These famous brothers from the early 1900s helped Ohio claim the title of "Birthplace-of-Aviation".
Who are the Wright brothers?
This word is the technical term for a person who raises bees.
What is "apiarist" or "apiculturist"?
The full name of the "DCMS" sampling tool.
What is "Data Call Management System"?
The number of National Parks located in Indiana.
What is three?
When the Territory of Michigan was created on January 11, 1805, this present-day town was selected as its capital.
What is Detroit?
The body of water that creates the state border between Ohio and Kentucky.
What is the Ohio River?
The name of the grade on the US Department of Agriculture beef grading scale that falls between Prime (most marbled) and Select (less marbled).
What is "Choice"?
The full name for the "DICE" estimating tool.
What is "Database Integrated County Estimates"?
The official Indiana State motto.
What is "The crossroads of America"?
The meaning of the Native American words, michi-guma, from which "Michigan" is derived.
What is "big water" or "great lake"?
The meaning of the Iroquois word "O-Y-O", for which Ohio is named.
What is "great river"?
The horticulture technique in which the scion of one plant is grown on the rootstock of another.
What is "grafting"?