History of Agriculture
What is Agriculture?
What is the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Farmers who grow wheat, corn, and soybeans work in this agricultural industry.
What is crop farming or grain farming?
This type of commodity includes crops like corn, soybeans, and wheat.
What are agricultural commodities?
This person studies plants and works to improve crop growth and resistance to pests and diseases.
What is a plant scientist or agronomist?
The FFA colors are national blue and this other color.
What is corn gold?
What products does agriculture provide us?
What is Food, Fiber, Crops and other raw materials.
What are the 6 F's of Agriculture?
What is Farming, Food, Fiber, Forestry, Fishing, and Flowers
A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, like corn or wheat, is called this.
What is a commodity?
If you manage a farm, oversee planting, harvesting, and animal care, you might be this.
What is a farm manager or farmer?
FFA stands for this.
What is Future Farmers of America?
How did the invention of the plow impact agriculture?
What is the plow transformed agriculture by enabling farmers to till the soil more deeply and efficiently, increasing the area of arable land and the variety of crops that could be grown.
What are three industries that support production agriculture?
What is agricultural service, agricultural supplies, research and development, processing, marketing, or transportation
Commodities that come from animals, such as milk, meat, and wool, are called this.
What are livestock commodities?
This career involves using technology like GPS and drones to improve farming efficiency.
What is precision agriculture specialist or ag technology specialist?
This is the name of the official FFA jacket that members wear.
What is the FFA jacket or blue corduroy jacket?
What is the Green Revolution and who led it?
What is a period, from the 1950s to the late 1960s, of major agricultural advancements that dramatically increased food production, especially in developing countries.
Who is Norman Borlaug
This type of farming produces oils from crops like canola, sunflower, and soybeans.
What is oilseed farming?
What is the difference between an import and export?
What is An import is the act of buying and bringing goods or services into a country from a foreign country, while an export is selling and sending goods or services from a country to a foreign country
People in this career focus on raising animals like cattle, pigs, and chickens for food and products.
What is animal scientist or livestock producer?
FFA was founded in this year.
What is 1928?
What is a piece of modern technology that helps increase/push sustainable agriculture?
What is precision farming?
Precision farming is an agricultural approach that uses technologies like GPS, drones, sensors, and data analytics to manage crops and livestock with greater accuracy and efficiency, applying the right inputs—such as water, fertilizer, and pesticides—at the right time and place to optimize yields, improve product quality, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact
This livestock industry involves raising animals like sheep and goats primarily for their wool and hair.
What is the fiber industry?
The price of commodities can be affected by this, which includes weather, demand, and supply.
What are market factors or supply and demand?
This type of professional works to ensure food safety and quality from farm to table.
What is a food scientist or agricultural inspector?
This emblem symbol in the FFA logo represents unity.
What is the cross-section of the ear of corn?