Soil Horizons
The number of soil horizons
What is 6?
The method of conserving soil, reducing erosion, and monitoring soil moisture
What is soil conservation?
Percentage of farmers in the United States
What is less than 2%?
The number of State FFA Officers.
What is 8?
The topsoil horizon
What is the O horizon?
The soil conservation method that allows plowing to be done on slopes horizontally, following the natural curves of the land.
What is contour plowing?
The number of people a farmer feeds today
What is 165?
A vehicle that uses satellite-based navigation to guide itself with high precision for tasks like planting, spraying, and tilling.
What is a GPS tractor?
What is the R horizon?
Soil conservation prevents this.
What is soil erosion?
Any raw or processed product that comes from plants, animals, or forests, and is used for human and or animal consumption.
What is an agricultural product?
You have this when you have strong soil.
What are strong crops?
The soil horizon with organic matter and humus
This method of soil conservation is used to replenish the land by planting different crops to cover the soil, not typically used for harvest.
What are cover crops?
Use of technology in agriculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency, and profitability (EX: gps-guided tractors)
What is an agricultural technology?
Agricultural Practice that aims to protect the environment, conserve resources, and increase food population.
What is sustainable farming?