Broadacre
Australia's most widely grown grain, milled to make flour.
Wheat
Grown for its orange root, good source of beta-carotene (Vitamin A)
Carrot
Australia is the world's largest producer of this fibre, harvested from sheep.
Wool
Most common piece of heavy farm machinery, used for pulling implements like ploughs or seeders.
Tractor
Material spread over crops and pastures to supply nutrients for growth.
Fertiliser
Yellow flowered crop, grain used to make oil and margerine.
Canola (or sunflower)
Australia's most valuable citrus fruit, excellent source of Vitamin C
Orange
Described as 'man's best friend', valuable worker on farms.
Working dog (kelpie or border collie)
Machine used to harvest grain such as wheat, barley and canola.
Combine harvester
Chemical sprayed over top of crops and pastures to kill undesirable plants.
Herbicide
Fibre crop grown under irrigation in NSW and Qld, commonly used in garments.
Cotton
Nut native to Australia, grown in north east NSW and south east Queensland
Macadamia
The meat harvested from deer is known as ..?
What widespread brand of machinery, manufactured in North America, is typically painted green?
John Deere
Small, remotely controlled flying devices used to monitor crops and livestock.
Drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)
Grain legume crops are grown in rotation to provide what nutrient to cereal crops?
Nitrogen
Summer growing vegetable/fruit with separate male and female flowers.
Cucurbits (pumpkin, zucchini, squash, melons)
Which animal produces meat for the least cost and with the smallest environmental footprint?
Chicken
Long tube with a rotating screw used to lift grain into silos.
Auger
In livestock, what does NLIS stand for?
National Livestock Identification Scheme
Drought tolerant summer grain, used for stockfeed, ethanol or human consumption.
Sorghum
Stonefruit (peaches, apricots, cherries) require a prolonged winter chill to trigger flowering. What is this called?
Vernalisation
Hardy cattle breed common across northern Australia, developed by crossing British breeds with tropical breeds such as Brahman.
Droughtmaster
Term for the use of GPS to precisely guide farm machinery, enables precision farming.
Auto steer
Large, circular milking machine used to harvest milk from large dairy herds.
Rotary dairy