Methods
What process of making soil capable of creating living crops comes from a Latin word meaning “prepared for crops?”
Cultivation
New Holland, Case IH, and Kubota are among that brands that make what large-wheeled motor vehicles, often used on farms to haul equipment and trailers?
Tractors
What "R" term, coined by members of the activist group Earth First!, refers to the practice of conserving habitats by returning them to their original, natural state?
Rewilding
The infamous "hole" in the ozone layer, nearly nine million square miles in size, lies mostly over what continent?
Antarctica
In agriculture, "apiculture" is the technical term for raising what type of insects?
Bee
What agricultural process is the creation of small holes in the soil, allowing air and other other nutrients to reach a plant’s roots?
Aeration
Tower, bunker, and bag are currently the three most common types of what building whose name comes from a Greek word for “pit for holding grain”?
What is the name of the biological phenomenon that allows certain living organisms, like fireflies, to emit light?
Bioluminescence
Stemming from its early Spanish name meaning “River of the Wild Sheep,” the 698-mile-long Cimarron River stretches across four U.S. states: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and what fourth state that’s sandwiched between Nebraska and Oklahoma?
Arkansas
Edaphology is the study of which natural material—specifically, how it affects organisms (especially plants) and the ways in which humans can change it to meet their agricultural needs?
Soil
A term also used in anthropology to mean a society that lacks diversity, what word is used to describe the agricultural practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time?
Monoculture
If you're comparing Scotts, Vigoro, and Schultz in an aisle, you're almost certainly looking to buy what critical agricultural "ingredient" that is considered a crucial component of conventional food systems?
Fertilizer
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes a "red list" of what?
Featuring more than 900 varieties of plants and designated a National Historic Site of Canada, Butchart Gardens is a horticultural marvel located on Vancouver Island in what province?
British Columbia
Mehndi is a form of body art and temporary skin decoration that originated in ancient India and is still popular today in many countries on the Indian subcontinent. The practice uses a pasted made from the leaves of what plant?
Henna
What is the horticultural technique in which the scion of one plant is grown on the rootstock of another?
Grafting
What scary-sounding "H" farm implement is defined as "a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over plowed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed?"
Neovison and Mustela are the two genuses of what territorial mammal lives near water and is rarely found more than 200 meters from a riverbank, lake, or marsh? The animal's fur is considered especially durable and valuable with its short, thick, soft hairs.
Mink
What country has the most cultivated land area in the world? Their major agricultural products include pulses, milk, jute, and rice.
India
An animal science professor at the University of Nebraska is credited with developing the process behind restructured meats after he was approached by the National Pork Producers Council to create a new product. Examples of restructured meats include Dino Nuggets and what fast food sandwich that has attracted a cult following since its introduction in 1981?
McRib
Which P-word refers to the mindful creation of stable, sustainable ecosystems—for example, trying to “work with nature” rather than go against it when you’re designing buildings? (Hint: Think rooftop gardens)
Permaculture
What agricultural machine, sometimes called a harvester, gets its name from the fact that it merges four different farming techniques? These are reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing.
Combine
Which term is used to describe the ability of certain animals (like paddlefish) to sense electrostatic fields around them?
Electroreception
According to U.S. News and World Report, Wageningen University is the #1 Agricultural Studies school. Wageningen is located in the "food valley" of what European country?
Netherlands
What “F” term applies to a specialist who applies shoes to a horse’s hooves? The term is a derivation of the Latin word for “Iron”, applying to the construction of the horseshoes.
Farrier