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Kansas Agriculture
100

What is a female chicken called?

Hen

100

What crop is most commonly used to make popcorn?

Corn

100

What machine harvests corn and soybeans?

Combine

100

What animal does beef come from?

Cattle

100

What yellow flowering plant is the Kansas state flower?

Sunflower

200

What is a baby pig called?

Piglet

200

What part of the plant absorbs water from the soil?

Roots

200

What machine prepares soil for planting?

Plow/Cultivator

200

What fruit is known for keeping the doctor away?

Apple

200

Kansas is known as the _______ state.

Sunflower

300

What animal produces wool?

Sheep

300

What crop is used to produce vegetable oil and livestock feed?

Soybeans

300

What equipment rolls hay into large bales?

Baler

300

What crop are french fries made from?

Potatoes

300

What major grain crop is Kansas famous for producing?

Wheat

400

What dairy breed is known for black and white markings?

Holstein

400

What grain is commonly used to make bread?

Wheat

400

What piece of equipment cuts hay?

Mower or swather

400

What ingredient in bread causes it to rise?

Yeast

400

What nickname is often given to Kansas because of its wheat production?

Breadbasket of the World (or America's Breadbasket)

500

How many stomach compartments does a cow have?

Four

500

What process allows plants to make their own food?

Photosynthesis

500

What is the large rotating part at the front of a combine called?

Header

500

Milk is made into what dairy product using bacteria cultures?

Yogurt

500

What livestock sector is one of Kansas's largest agricultural industries?

Beef cattle