Regional Understanding
No. 1 peanut-producing state
Georgia
Grasses
Poaceae
Square feet in an acre
43,560sq ft
Norman Borlaug is known as
Father of The Green Revolution
Legumes
Fabaceae
Gallons in 1 acre-inch
27,154gal
This region in the Middle East was where humans first domesticated wheat and barley
The Fertile Crescent
No. 1 rice-producing state
Arkansas
Mustards
Brassicaceae
Acres in hectare
2.471 acres
Illinois blacksmith who made the self-scouring steel plow
John Deere
Mallows
Malvaceae
Gallons in 1 acre-foot
325,851gal
German chemist who developed a method to synthesize ammonia
Fritz Haber
Nightshades
Solanaceae
Pounds of nitrogen in 1 ton of urea
920lbs N
A common broadleaf herbicide, still used today, that made up half of the chemical formulation of Agent Orange
2,4-D