Crops
Which of these are not a row crop?
1. Corn
2. Turnips
3. Wheat
4. Soybeans
What is 2. Turnips
(Turnips are commonly used for cover crops)
What are Forages?
What is grasses, hay, legumes, etc.
Livestock consists of...?
What is cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, etc.
The amount of land farmers own are measured in ____ ?
What is acres
What state produces the most corn?
What is Iowa
What are forage crops commonly used for?
What is livestock
What state has the largest horse production?
What is Texas
There is ____ square foot is in an acre.
What is 43,560
What crop is considered a specialty crop?
What is tobacco
What is a specific types of legume?
What is alfalfa
How many stomachs does a cow have?
1. 3
2. 4
3. 2
4. 1
What is 4. 1 stomach
(1 stomach with 4 compartments)
The U.S has ____ million farms.
What is 21
A Bushel is roughly how many pounds?
What is 60 pounds
What state has the biggest forage production?
What is Texas?
Roughly, how many head of goats are born a year?
What is 3 million
The average size of a farm operation in the U.S is ____ acres.
What is 444
Crops are placed into 7 different categories. What are they?
What is Grain, Forage, Oil, Fiber, Fruit-nut-Vegetable, Sugar, Specialty
What is one common issue in a good forage crop?
What is pests and diseases
100 bonus points to the team that can name all 4 compartments of the cow's stomach.
What is the Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum
There are ____ million acres of farmland in just the U.S.
(Closest answer gets the points)
What is 914