Crop Science
This cereal crop feeds more people globally than any other.
What is rice?
The top layer of soil rich in organic matter.
What is topsoil?
This livestock animal produces the most milk globally.
What is the cow?
This renewable resource is essential for irrigation.
What is water?
This practice involves rotating different crops in the same field from year to year to improve soil health, reduce pest cycles, and prevent nutrient depletion.
What is crop rotation?
The process of improving crop traits through cross-breeding.
What is plant breeding ?
The term for soil's ability to retain water.
What is water-holding capacity?
The average body temperature of a healthy adult bovine.
What is 101.5 F?
The practice of planting trees to replenish forests.
What is reforestation?
The process of turning animal waste, such as manure, into fertilizer for crops.
What is composting?
A key nitrogen-fixing legume crop
What is soybean?
Farming method that reduces soil erosion by leaving crop residue.
What is no-till farming?
Animal digestive system with four compartments.
What is ruminant?
The main federal agency managing national forests.
What is the U.S. Forest Service?
This farming practice involves the raising of fish, shellfish, or aquatic plants in controlled environments.
What is aquaculture?
Term for non-edible crops grown for energy.
What are bioenergy crops?
Natural process where fertile land becomes desert.
What is desertification?
Common term for avian influenza.
What is bird flu?
The maximum number of animals land can support without degradation.
What is carrying capacity?
The world’s largest producer of cotton, accounting for over 25% of global cotton production.
What is China?
The green pigment essential for photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
The three main soil particles by size.
What are sand, silt, and clay?
This disorder, common in high-producing dairy cows, occurs when energy demands exceed intake after calving, leading to fat mobilization and accumulation of ketone bodies.
What is ketosis?
This international agreement aims to combat climate change.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This metabolic condition in goats, often seen in pregnant does, results from inadequate energy intake during late gestation and can lead to weight loss, weakness, and even death if untreated.
What is pregnancy toxemia?