Crops of the East
This crop, grown underground, is used to make butter and snacks and is big in Edgecombe County.
What is the peanut?
This black-and-yellow insect helps pollinate crops.
What is a bee?
This machine is used to plant seeds in straight rows.
What is a planter?
Milk comes from this farm animal.
What is a cow?
Agriculture means the science of growing these.
What are plants and animals (or crops and livestock)?
This sweet orange root vegetable is a North Carolina specialty.
What is the sweet potato?
These tiny organisms live in the soil and help plants grow by fixing nitrogen.
What are bacteria?
Farmers use this machine to harvest corn and soybeans.
What is a combine?
Bread is made from this grain crop.
What is wheat?
Eastern NC is part of this region that is flat and good for farming.
What is the Coastal Plain?
This tall plant grows in rows and makes ears with kernels—some people eat it on the cob!
What is corn?
This insect has powerful jumping legs and can damage crops by chewing.
What is a grasshopper?
This tool tests the nutrients in the soil.
What is a soil test kit?
Ketchup is made using this red fruit that we think of as a vegetable.
What is a tomato?
Farmers plant seeds in this part of the plant’s life cycle.
What is the beginning/germination?
This crop is used to make oil and animal feed and looks a bit like a bean pod.
What is soybean?
These birds are sometimes raised on farms for meat and eggs.
What are chickens?
These are long pipes or hoses that bring water to crops.
What is irrigation?
These tiny yellow grains are found in every ear of corn.
What are kernels?
NC ranks in the top 10 states for this orange root veggie.
What is the sweet potato?
This fluffy white crop is spun into fabric for clothes.
What is cotton?
This "friendly" insect eats harmful bugs like aphids.
What is a ladybug?
A person who studies plants and gives advice to farmers is called this.
What is an agronomist?
This oil used for cooking often comes from a bean grown in eastern NC.
What is soybean oil?
This NC university is known for agriculture and has Extension agents.
What is NC State University?