FFA
What are the National FFA Colors?
National Blue & Corn Gold
How many people does one United States farm feed annually?
166
What is the term for the system where farmers and ag producers sell their products directly to consumers, often through farmers' markets or community-supported ag programs?
Direct marketing
What do we call the practice of breeding and raising domesticated animals for their meat, milk, wood or other products?
Animal Husbandry
Food grown without the aid of ag chemicals such as fertilizers and herbicides are ____________ foods.
Organic
Where is the National FFA Headquarters located?
Indianapolis, Indiana
Approximately how much money do Americans spend on food for their 4th of July cookouts each year?
$6.7 Billion
What is the name for the economic principle that describes the relationship between the quantity of goods and its popularity in the market?
Supply and demand
What is the term for animals that consume both plant and animal matter as their primary food source?
Omnivores
An individual who owns and operates a business for themselves is an/a _______________________.
Entrepreneur
What year were women allowed into the FFA?
1969
Corn is the No. 1 crop produced in the United States, with farmers planting more than $90 million acres in 2017. How many bushels of corn were harvested that year?
14.6 Billion
What is the term for the difference between the value of a country's exports and the value of its imports?
Trade balance
What do we call the newborn offspring of cattle?
calves
A machine used to harvest grain crops is a _________.
Combine
What is the first stanza of the FFA Creed?
I BELIEVE in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds - achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former years.
The United States is the world’s largest beef producer. What was the total number of cattle and calves in the United States in 2018?
94.4 million
What is the measure of the total value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
What is the name of a female sheep?
Ewe
The additional supply of water to crops is called ______________.
Irrigation
The National FFA Motto is: __________to Do, ____________to Learn, __________________to Live, _______________ to Serve.
Learning to Do,
Doing to Learn,
Earning to Live,
Living to Serve.
Textile mills in the United States spin about 3.6 million bales of cotton per year. According to the National Cotton Council of America, how many pairs of jeans could that much cotton make?
750 Million
What is the economic theory that suggests as incomes rise, the proportion of income spent on food declines relative to spending on other goods and services?
What is the term for the process of selecting and breeding animals with desirable traits to perpetuate those traits in future generations?
Selective breeding
The financial input or resource of a business is referred to as _________________.
Capital