Ag Business & Econ
When a country buys goods from another country
Import
How many chambers in a ruminant stomach?
4
Identify one type of oil crop.
Soy, Sunflower, Canola, Peanut, Cotton
This career is for someone who produces commodities
Farmer and/or Rancher
The state grass of Nebraska is
Little Bluestem
When a country sells goods to another country
How do we refer to cattle that are genetically hornless?
Polled
When is corn typically planted in? (In Nebraska)
April 10- April 30th
This career is someone who is employed by a land grant university, to provide advice to producers in their community.
Extension Agent
Sedges
When a producer sells goods not utilizing a contract, they are utilizing the ______ market.
Cash Market
NONE
The organelles that make plants green are called _________.
Chloroplasts
In this career, you may commonly use tools such as drones, soil pH tests, tape measures, and precipitation monitors to determine plant health.
Agronomist
The study of trees is called
Forestry
When a producer utilizes a contract to sell a certain amount of goods on a certain date, at an agreed upon price, they are using the ____ market
Futures
What breed of horses race in the Kentucky Derby?
Thoughroughbreds
Corn
In this career, you would have to understand anatomy, physiology, biosecurity, and pharmaceuticals in animal science.
Veterinarian
Nebraska has a unique water source, that is the largest in the world of it's kind. What is it?
The Ogallala Aquifer
When utilizing more than one type of market, to assume some risk, but assume enough to benefit if prices increase, this is called ______.
Hedging
What digestive organ does a chicken use to grind food?
Gizzard
Plants "inhale" ________ and "exhale" _________.
CO2 & O2
In this career, you would be in charge of wildlife population surveys, permit compliance, and conserving natural resources.
Game Warden, Conservation Officer.
Perhaps the greatest ecological disaster in American history in the 1930's was called the ________. Name two causes of it.
Dust Bowl
Drought, Poor Farming Techniques, High Winds