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Agronomy Exam 1
_____ is harvested every month of the year?
wheat
What year was the cotton gin invented?
1793
In 1607, the ___________ colony was established?
Jamestown (Virginia)
Over _____ % of mankinds diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant
species
80
1st domestication of crops was thought to occur at __________ 10,000-15,000 years
ago
the fertile crescent
Mayans and Aztecs farmed with ___________
corn, beans, and squash
_____ was the most important cash crop in south, replacing tobacco in 1800.
cotton
The belief that farming is the only way to live and the most important thing anyone
can do?
agrarianism
In what year was the commercial fertilizer invented?
1843
Who invented the commercial fertilizer?
Sir John Lawes
In 1972, Berg makes it possible to....?
transfer genes
In what year was the first American patent on bacteria used.
1980
1994 the use of ______ and ______ by farmers to start _________?
satellites, computers, and precision agriculture
Farm definition
any plot of land devoted to ag.
USDA farm definition: Any place in which ________ or more of ag products are sold
annually
$1000
98% of farm types are _______
sole proprietorship
What is commodity?
direct payments and price supports
4 main crops?
corn, soybean, wheat, and hay
_____ is harvested every month of the year?
wheat
Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates imports into US, protects against foreign pests
Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) & Federal Grain
Inspection Service (FGIS)
, 12/02/2025 09:24:09
provides farmers handlers processors exports and international buyers with
inspections....
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
conducts research
Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
collect and interpret ag production environmental and economic data
Top three cereal crops?
wheat, rice, and corn
Most of the worlds sorghum is fed to _______
humans
Cereal and potato together supply over _____ of worlds food calories
75%
Top producing Countries for oats?
Russia
Canada
USA
Top producing countries for Sorghum?
USA
India and Nigeria
Mexico
Top producing countries for soybeans?
US
Brazil
50% of the total value of ag products comes from nine states....
California, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, and
Wisconsin
Top producing states for cotton?
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Top producing states for corn?
Iowa
Illinois
Texas
Top producing states for potatoes?
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Top producing states for wheat?
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana
Top producing states for rice?
Arkansas
California
Louisiana
Mississippi
Crop producing states for Sorghum?
Agronomy Exam 1
_____ is harvested every month of the year?
wheat
What year was the cotton gin invented?
1793
In 1607, the ___________ colony was established?
Jamestown (Virginia)
Over _____ % of mankinds diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant
species
80
1st domestication of crops was thought to occur at __________ 10,000-15,000 years
ago
the fertile crescent
Mayans and Aztecs farmed with ___________
corn, beans, and squash
_____ was the most important cash crop in south, replacing tobacco in 1800.
cotton
The belief that farming is the only way to live and the most important thing anyone
can do?
agrarianism
In what year was the commercial fertilizer invented?
1843
Who invented the commercial fertilizer?
Sir John Lawes
In 1972, Berg makes it possible to....?
transfer genes
In what year was the first American patent on bacteria used.
1980
1994 the use of ______ and ______ by farmers to start _________?
satellites, computers, and precision agriculture
Farm definition
any plot of land devoted to ag.
USDA farm definition: Any place in which ________ or more of ag products are sold
annually
$1000
98% of farm types are _______
sole proprietorship
What is commodity?
direct payments and price supports
4 main crops?
corn, soybean, wheat, and hay
_____ is harvested every month of the year?
wheat
Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates imports into US, protects against foreign pests
Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) & Federal Grain
Inspection Service (FGIS)
, 12/02/2025 09:24:09
provides farmers handlers processors exports and international buyers with
inspections....
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
conducts research
Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
collect and interpret ag production environmental and economic data
Top three cereal crops?
wheat, rice, and corn
Most of the worlds sorghum is fed to _______
humans
Cereal and potato together supply over _____ of worlds food calories
75%
Top producing Countries for oats?
Russia
Canada
USA
Top producing countries for Sorghum?
USA
India and Nigeria
Mexico
Top producing countries for soybeans?
US
Brazil
50% of the total value of ag products comes from nine states....
California, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, and
Wisconsin
Top producing states for cotton?
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
Top producing states for corn?
Iowa
Illinois
Texas
Top producing states for potatoes?
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Top producing states for wheat?
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana
Top producing states for rice?
Arkansas
California
Louisiana
Mississippi
Crop producing states for Sorghum?
