The Ag web
This is the definition for ag production system.
What is...The ways in which a farmer makes use of available resources to meet their food, fuel, and fiber demands.
This management decision is made in the winter to prepare for the next growing season.
What is ordering seed.
Moisture, sunlight, and what are three factors needed for a seed to grow.
What is temperature
This definition is per unit of land area or total produced.
What is yield.
This is the first limiting nutrient in corn production and needs to be applied in the largest quantities.
What is nitrogen.
In a normal year corn reaches 8 feet tall when?
What is middle to late summer or the end of July or early August
This is a unit of land measurement equal to 43,560 square feet, 4,840 square yards
What is an acre.
Name three traits that a producer considers when determining which variety of seed to plant.
What are yield and yield consistency, transgenic options, disease tolerance, grain dry down, standability and stalk quality, early season vigor, relative maturity, and seed cost
How many ears of corn is on a typical corn plant?
What is 1 or 2.
This tract of land if a half a mile square and contains 160 acres.
What is a quarter section.
Name three diseases of corn and the area(s) of the corn that are impacted.
What are common leaf rust, southern rust, stalk rot, aspergillus ear rot, diplodia ear rot, fusarium ear rot, etc.
When grain drying corn, this is the moisture level you should harvest the corn.
What is 28%
This is the result of cross-pollinating two different plant varieties.
What is a hybrid plant.
Name three common pests found on corn plants.
What are cutworms, corn leaf aphid, corn rootworm, wireworms, corn borer, army worm, seed corn maggots, southern corn leaf beetle, spider mite, and cinchbugs
High yielding corn needs approximately how many inches of water each year?
What is 20" to 25"