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Any plant cultivated by people.
What is a crop?
This species is commonly known for it's milk and meat production.
What is cattle?
A machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field.
What is a combine?
This is commonly made from a product from cattle, and can be found on pizza.
What is cheese?
A piece of land on which crops or animals are raised.
What is a farm?
The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
What is agriculture?
Chickens, pigs, and other farm animals are allowed to move around and feed naturally. This is considered to be a kinder method of farming than intensive methods.
What is free-range?
The amount of crop that is produced.
What is yield?
The practice of handling food during harvest, storage, and preparation to ensure that produce is clean and will not cause sickness.
What is food safety?
Refers to being in the country, rather than in towns or cities.
What is rural?
Someone who manufactures something.
What is a producer?
To produce new plants or animals from existing ones, especially in order to produce plants or animals with particular characteristics.
What is breed?
System of cultivation where different crops are planted in consecutive growing seasons to maintain soil fertility.
What is crop rotation?
The process of heating milk to kill disease-producing bacteria; this helps to prevent spoiling without destroying vitamins or changing taste
What is pasteurization?
Trading items for other items without exchanging money.
A person who uses goods or services.
What is a consumer?
An agricultural activity associated with the raising of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, sheep, and goats.
What is Animal Husbandry?
Government certification given to businesses and farmers who produce products without the use of chemicals.
What is certified organic?
An animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
What is a GMO?
The U.S. government department responsible for farming laws and farm products.
What is the USDA?
Ms. Huper's favorite agriculture class or area to teach.
What is Animal Science?
This breed of cattle is very common in South Dakota.
What is Angus?
Farming with the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.
What is conventional agriculture?
The use of genetically engineered crops in agriculture and DNA manipulation in livestock inorder to increase production. Example: radiation of meats and vegetables to prolong their freshness.
What is Biotechnology?
Invention and rapid diffusion of more productive agricultural techniques.
What is the Green Revolution?