Intro to Ag Sciences

Agriculture is the science or art of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees, the preparation of these products for human use and their disposal

• True

• False

According to the USDA, families spent ____% of their disposable income on food.

• 5.9%

• 12.9%

• 17.9%

• 22.9%

• 26.9%

A farm is an establishment which produces or sells $1000 or more of Ag products per year.

• True

• False

Famers make up less than ___% of the U.S. population.

• 1%

• 2%

• 3%

• 4%

• 5%

Small family farms make up the majority of the farms in the U.S. and also produce the most Ag products.

• True

• False

Most farms also rely on off farm income to make ends meet.

• True

• False

Retirement Farms, Off Farm Occupation Farms, Residential/Lifestyle Farms, Limited Resource Farms, Low Sale Farms, and Moderate Sale Farms; are all examples of which type of farm?

• Small Family Farms

• Large Family Farms

• Very Large Family Farms

• Non-family Farms

• None of the above

The farmer receives ___cents to every dollar spent on food.

• 3.5

• 8.6

• 12.7

• 15.6

• 34.4

What percentage of the U.S. population is employed in farming and agriculture?

• 1%

• 5%

• 11%

• 23%

• 32%

Agribusiness is a group of industries dealing with agricultural produce and services required in farming.

• True

• False