Pigs
This state is the largest producer of hogs in the US
What is Iowa?
This is the most common measurement to the size of a farm in the US.
What is an Acre?
This is the best selling tractor brand in the US
What is John Deere?
A machine that harvest grains
What is a combine?
This is largely used to prevent weeds from growing in fields typically sprayed from a plane
What is herbicides?
This is the name of a female pig
What is a Sow?
This crop produces the most cash for American farmers
What is corn?
This is used in modern tractors to ensure straight lines while planting crops
What is GPS
These are used to transport grain from the field to the silo
What are wagons?
Livestock farmers haul this to their field in the fall to put nutrients back into the field before planting a new crop
What is manure?
At this age a pig weighs around 280 pounds
What is 6 months?
The most commonly used measurement to measure grain
What is a bushel?
This person was the first to mass-produce a tractor called the Foredson
Who is Henry Ford?
Largely used to store grain
What is a grain bin/silo?
This must be done to the field prior to planting a crop
What is field cultivating?
A pig is pregnant for this long
What is 3 month, 3 weeks, and 3 days?
This is the ideal pH range for crops to grow in.
What is 6.0 to 7.0?
John Deere refused to do this during Great Depression
What is repossess tractors?
The average ear of corn has this many kernels at harvest
What is 800 kernels?
Corn seeds should be planted this deep for best results
What is 2 inches?
Approximately this many hogs are processed daily in the US
What is ~500,000?
This category of crops are harvested mechanically
What are row crops?
What is Case IH?
Illinois farmers produce on average this much corn per acre
What is 210 bushels?
This is the year that a planter was invented which replaced planting seed by hand
What is 1828?