Agribusiness / Farm Management
Ag Mechanics / Precision Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Crops / Soils
Horticulture
Current Ag Events
100
In cases where capital must be rationed, a firm should rank projects according to their:
A. Net Present Values.
B. Internal Rates of Return.
C. External Rates of Return.
D. Profitability Indexes.
D. Profitability Indexes
100
The color in the safety color-code system which designates operating levers, wheels, and handles; hazardous areas that may cause stumbling, falling, or tripping; caution.
Yellow
100
The process of chewing
Mastication
100
The study of principles and practices of crop production
Agronomy
100
A place where plants are propagated and grown to size
Nursery
100
How many farm bills have been enacted since the 1930's?
17
200
The total demand for goods and services in an economy is known as ________ demand.
Aggregate
200
An imaginary reference line set for each field that a tractor/sprayer guidance system to follow. There are different reference lines that can be set in a field to fit a particular geography or layout.
AB Line
200
What dairy breed, on average, has the highest milk production?
Holstein
200
The dispensing of a material or chemical into the field on a prescribed or predetermined basis.
Prescribed Application
200
________ have parallel veins, usually nonwoody plants with short stems while _________ have many grow to large size, veins have a branching pattern.
Monocots, Dicots
200
What countries is the multilateral agreement NAFTA involving?
Canada, Mexico, and the United States
300
Which figure depicts perfectly inelastic demand?
Panel B
300
What should be used to light the torch for oxy-acetylene cutting?
A. Cigarette lighter.
B. Arc from arc welding electrode.
C. Match.
D. A flint striker.
B. Arc from arc welding electrode.
300
What is the largest poultry producing industry in US
Broilers
300
Crops grown for use as a fuel source for production of liquid fuels
Biofuel
300
The fourth vegetative plant organ
Roots
300
What is the top ag commodity in Texas?
Cattle and calves
400
What is the change in consumption that results from a change in the relative price of goods while staying on the same indifference curve?
Substitution Effect
400
____________ welding is the welding of two pieces of metal at one or more point in order to hold the pieces together temporarily while welding them.
Tack welding
400
One of the most valuable non-food animal products, both to U.S farmers and to farmers in less developed countries is
Fertilizer
400
Variable-rate cop chemical application technologies leading to application reductions of ____________ and more.
50%
400
Plants that live for more than 2 growing seasons
Perennial Plants
400
What policy tool consists of government payments that reduce the prices of a product for foreign buyers?
Export subsidies
500
A higher share of ________ in national product is powerfully correlated with relative levels of output per worker.
A. Money.
B. Investment.
C. Imports.
D. Consumptions
B. Investment
500
A computer based system that is capable of collecting, managing and analyzing geographic spatial data. This capability includes storing and utilizing maps, displaying the results of data queries and conducting spatial analysis.
GIS (Geographic Information System)
500
What does SCC stand for?
Somatic Cell Count
500
_______ crops are short maturing, planted between seasons, utilized left over fertilizer and soil moisture
Cash
500
Stage of plant development in which growth slows or stops, affecting all life stages from seed to maturity
Dormancy
500
Who is the current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?
Gary Washington