American Agriculture
New York Agriculture
Dairy
Maple
Farm Equipment
100

The cooperative Ocean Spray has primarily focused on what fruit throughout its existence?

Cranberries

100

What is New York's top agricultural product?

Milk

100

Which dairy cattle breed is known for producing the most milk?

Holstein

100

Which state produces the most maple syrup?

Vermont

100

What brand of tractor dealership is located near Dunkin Donuts in Greenwich?

New Holland

200

In agriculture, "apiculture" is the technical term for raising what type of insects?

Bees

200

What is New York State's largest fruit crop?

Apples

200

How many pounds of milk does it take to make one pound of cheese?

10 pounds

200

How many gallons of sap are needed to make one gallon of maple syrup?

40 gallons

200

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"?

Silo

300

While it is known as the Peach State, Georgia is also the nation's largest producer of what nut that is also the state crop?

Peanuts

300
Where does New York rank in dairy production among all states in the country?

5th

300

How many gallons of milk does the average American consume per year?

25 gallons

300

How many years does in take for a maple tree to start producing sap?

30 years

300
What agricultural machine, sometimes called a harvester, gets its name from the fact that it merges four different farming techniques?

Combine

400

The pear is the official state fruit of what U.S. state?

Oregon

400

What percentage of New York State's land area is farmland?

20%

400

Which U.S. state produces the most dairy products?

California

400

Where does most of the world's maple syrup come from?

Quebec, Canada

400

The first tractors were plowing engines that were powered by what?

Steam

500

California produces 98% of the United States' output of what green-colored nuts?

Pistachios

500

Who is the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture?

Richard Ball

500

What percentage of dairy farms in the United States are family-owned and operated?

97%

500

Roughly how many species of maple trees are there?

128

500

In 1837, John Deere developed this piece of agricultural machinery that revolutionized the agricultural world. What is it?

Steel Plow