Machinery
What agricultural machine gets its name from the merger of four different farming techniques? (reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing)
Combine
Although it expanded to grapefruit growers in 1976, the cooperative Ocean Spray has primarily focused on what other fruit throughout its existence? The brand reached viral heights after a 2020 TikTok mashing up Fleetwood Mac, skateboarding, and Ocean Spray juice.
Cranberry
What fruit is used to make craisins?
Cranberries
What is the horticultural technique in which crops are rotated each season
Crop rotation
In 1862, there was a landmark piece of legislation in the US meant to encourage frontier families to settle further West. What was this famous Act?
Homestead Act
Which machinery company is named after a skilled blacksmith, famous in his time for developing a self-scouring steel plow in 1837?
John Deere
What common leafy green is native to Persia and is often associated with a specific cartoon character who made his maritime debut in 1929? This leafy green is often found in salads, sandwiches, and chip dip.
Spinach
What swanky apple cultivar passed the Red Delicious in 2018 to become the most highly produced in the United States? The name of this popular apple is shares its name with a fancy dance/party.
Gala
What grade comes between Prime, which is the most marbled, and Select, which is less marbled, on the US Department of Agriculture's beef grading scale?
Choice
The Dust Bowl, a period of severe drought in the 1930s that devastated farmers, started in what mid-western state, that looks like a cooking pot?
Oklahoma
What two word machine, invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, separates fibers of a certain plant from its seeds?
cotton gin
What popular Mexican American restaurant chain derives its name from a Nahuatl name for a specific smoked and dried vegetable? Recently, the Jackson location of this chain closed down.
Chipotle
Iowa is the country's largest producer of which crop, that can be used to produce products such as ethanol and rubber.
Corn
In agriculture, "apiculture" is the technical term for raising what?
Hint: You don't want to be stung by these!
Bees
Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Norman Borlaug, received an honorary doctoral degree from WSU during commencement in 1995. Borlaug and WSU professor, Orville Vogel, are credited with research crucial to the start of the ______________?
Pesticides
Which company is credited with the creation of the first quad track tractor?
John Deere
80% of sugar produced in the world is from sugarcane, with most of the rest being produced from the "sugar" variety of what root vegetable?
Hint: Thanks to Schrute Farms!
Beets
California produces 98% of the United States' output of this popular green snack that comes in a shell, and is green on the inside.
Pistachios
The pear is the official state fruit of what Pacific Northwest U.S. state?
Oregon
Hurricane Ike devastated parts of southeast Texas in 2006, causing tremendous damage to cattle ranchers, timberlands, and growers of what most common crop in the world, but primarily only grown in coastal Texas and the Mississippi River Delta in the United States?
Hint: You eat this crop at Mexican and Chinese restaurants
Rice
Which combine brand is jokingly referred to as the "Silver Seeder"?
Gleaner
An animal science professor at the University of Nebraska is credited with developing the process behind restructured meats. Examples of restructured meats include Dino Nuggets and what fast food sandwich that has attracted a cult following since its introduction in 1981?
McRib
Certain crops cannot tolerate certain temperatures, what is this term called
Cold-intolerant
What is the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil?
Hydroponics
In 2012, the city of Sacramento started a marketing campaign branding itself as America's "______-to-______ Capital" because of the city's many restaurants that source local ingredients. What two words fill in the blanks?
Farm to Fork