Soil Health
This is considered the ideal combination of sand, silt, and clay for farming and gardening.
What is Loam?
You need this code, attached to your farm land, in order to participate in USDA Programs.
What is: a farm number?
This individual can declare a disaster
Who is: the President of the United States?
What is the term for land or a home passed down through generations without a will or formal estate plan, resulting in multiple family members owning undivided interests?
What is: Heirs Property?
The farm bill is passed with this frequency:
What is: Every 5 years?
These 5 living organisms are found in healthy soil:
What are: Bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, earthworms
This agency offers US (Rural) Housing loans
What is: Rural Development?
This is the most frequently occurring natural disaster in the United States
What is: Flooding?
This document directs how property is to be distributed to beneficiaries and heirs upon a person’s death.
What is: A Last Will & Testament?
Congress has passed this many farm bills:
What is: 18?
The ideal ratio of these 3 essential elements for plants generally varies from a balanced 1:1:1 to any ratio that supports specific growth needs for crops, lawns and flowers
What is: NPK?
This USDA program helps cover crop losses from drought, floods, and other natural disasters
What is: disaster assistance?
This form of media provides the majority of rural communities with disaster-related information.
What is: Radio?
This is a legally binding document that allows you to appoint someone to manage your property, medical or financial affairs.
What is: Power of Attorney?
There are this many titles in the 2018 Farm Bill
What is: 12?
Which bacteria shares a symbiotic relationship with legume roots to fix nitrogen?
What is: Rhizobia?
This was a U.S. government agency established in August 1946 to replace the Farm Security Administration. It superseded the Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression and operated until 2006
What is: Farmers Home Administration (FMHA)?
This historic event of the 1930s prompted the creation of the federal agency, Soil Conservation Service, now known as Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)?
What is: The Dust Bowl?
This is a court-appointed person or institution responsible for carrying out the terms of a Last Will and Testament and overseeing the probate of the Will and administering assets (or the estate)
What: is an Executor?
There are this many members on the house agriculture committee
What is: 54?
This word refers to organic matter that has been decomposed by soil microflora and fauna to the point where it is resistant to further breakdown.
What is: Humus?
Former president Abraham Lincoln referred to USDA in as:
What is: “The People’s Department”?
This is an important tool in managing risk on the farm.
What is: Crop Insurance?
This is the appointment of a guardian or conservator by a judge to manage the financial affairs and/or daily life of another person due to old age or physical or mental limitations.
What is: Conservatorship and/or Guardianship?
This important food assistance program is legislated by the Farm Bill
What is: SNAP?