Agronomy

Crops

Weeds

AG Facts

Insects

Other

100

Which crop must be treated with a defoliant to harvest?

A) Wheat

B) Corn

C) Cotton

D) Sorghum

C) Cotton

100

Which weed plant and/or seed does NOT have prickles or thorns?

A) Puncturevine

B) Prickly Sida

C) Barnyard Grass

D) Silverleaf Nightshade

D) Barnyardgrass

100

What is the top crop grown in Texas?

A) Wheat

B) Alfalfa

C) Barley

D) Cotton

100

Which insect is beneficial to crops?

A) Pea Aphid

B) Lady Beetle

C) Fall Armyworm

D) Green Cloverworm

B) Lady Beetle

100

What is the dark material on top of the soil which is important for crop health?

A) Clay

B) Organic Matter

C) Parent Material

D) Sand

B) Organic Matter

200

Which crop resembles corn and has a dust-like substance at the base of the stalk?

A) Wheat

B) Sorghum

C) Oats

D) Crambe

B) Sorghum

200

Which weed plant wraps around other plants causing damage?

A) Green Foxtail

B) Barnyardgrass

C) Bindweed

D) Prickly Sida

C) Bindweed

200

Where does corn seed come from?

A) The Stalk

B) The Ear

C) The Roots

D) The Leaves

B) The Ear

200

Which insect is a problem in cotton?

A) Fall Armyworm

B) Pea Aphid

C) Bollworm

D) Grain Borer

C) Bollworm

200

What is a term to describe the tool designed to get water from sprinklers to the ground with little to no drift?

A) LUFA

B) USDA

C) LEPA

D) ULLA

C) LEPA

300

Which type of wheat is used to make pasta?

A) Durum

B) Hard Red

C) Soft White

D) Hard White

A) Durum

300

Which weed resembles corn and can grow from 3-10 feet tall?

A) Johnsongrass

B) Unicorn Plant

C) Giant Foxtail

D) Cheese Weed

A) Johnsongrass

300

Who is the current U.S Secretary of Agriculture?

A) Adam Jeffreys

B) Brook Rollins

C) Ted Cruz

D) Tom Vilsak

B) Brooke Rollins

300

Which insect is a common pest in Wheat production?

A) Red Flour Beetle

B) Lacewing

C) Bollworm

D) Green Cloverworm

A) Red Flour Beetle

300

Which Crop is used to make Earlage?

A) Guar

B) Cotton

C) Corn

D) Wheat

C) Corn

400

Which crop can be toxic to cattle when consumed?

A) Sorghum

B) Corn

C) Canola

D) Castor

400

Which weed has an ovular seed pod containing small hooks?

A) Cocklebur

B) Venice mallow

C) Leafy Spurge

D) Hoary Cress

A) Cocklebur

400

How Much total farmland is in the United States (as of 2025)?

A) 508 million acres

B) 876 million acres

C) 915 million acres

D) 1.8 billion acres

B) 876 million acres

400

Which pest has larvae that is NOT yellow or white in color?

A) Indian Meal Moth

B) White Grub

C) Wireworm

D) Corn Rootworm

C) Wireworm

400

What three nutrients are the most common listed in fertilizers?

A) N, P, K

B) Ni, Po, K

C) Mo, Ni, Cu

D) N, Ma, Mg

A) N, P, K

500

Which grass crop is a breed of wheat and rye?

A) Oats

B) Triticale

C) Rice

D) Barley

B) Triticale

500

Which weed has a strong odor on the leaves?

A) Johnsongrass

B) Large Crab grass

C) Yellow Foxtail

D) Jimsonweed

500

How much wheat was produced in the United States in 2025?

A) 1.93 Billion bushels

B) 2.36 Billion Bushels

C) 3.48 Billion Bushels

D) 4.23 Billion Bushels

A) 1.93 Billion Bushels

500

Which insect is from Agronomy President Ryon Howell's personal favorite insect?
A) Bird Cherry Oat Aphid

B) Lacewing

C) Wireworm

D) Spotted Cucumber Beetle

B) Lacewing

500

Which crop is grown to make linen?

A) Cotton

B) Crambe

C) Green Mungbean

D) Flax