Certified crop advisor Agronomy Practice Exam Q&A solved

Certified crop advisor Agronomy Practice Exam Q&A solved The standard test weight per bushel for soybean is: - CORRECT ANSWER-60 pounds Which of the following Kansas crops is used as grain for human food or livestock feed, plus it is commonly used to produce oil, high fructose sweetener, biofuel (ethanol), silage, and industrial products such as biodegradable trash bags and packing peanuts? a. alfalfa b. corn c. wheat d. sunflower e. soybean - CORRECT ANSWER-b. corn Prussic acid poisoning is a potential problem for livestock grazing which of the following forage crops? a. alfalfa b. winter wheat c. tall fescue d. sorghum stalks e. native range (prairie) - CORRECT ANSWER-d. sorghum stalks A harvest concern with regard to moldy corn seed is the potential presence of toxic levels of: - CORRECT ANSWER-aflatoxin The practice of no-till planting grain sorghum into the stubble of a wheat crop immediately after wheat harvest in late June is called: - CORRECT ANSWER-double cropping Because both oilseed and confectionary sunflowers grown in Kansas do not produce additional leaves after they begin flowering, their growth habit is called: - CORRECT ANSWER-determinate The top two crops in $ value in the US and Kansas are: - CORRECT ANSWER-corn and soybeans in the US; corn and wheat in Kansas Broadcast application of dry urea fertilizer to an established field of tall fescue in early March is called: - CORRECT ANSWER-topdressing Most of the stored food energy used for germination in a corn seed is located in the: - CORRECT ANSWER-endosperm European corn borers cause damage to corn by: - CORRECT ANSWER-feeding in the stalks during the larval stage