Agriculture is an industry

The science of growing crops and raising animals to meet the food, fiber and fuel needs of humans is called?

• Subsistence Farming

• Intensive Farming

• Agriculture

• Olericulture

All of the nonfarm work in the Agriculture Industry is referred to as?

• Inputs

• Agribusiness

• Farming

• Food Science

The use of land and other resources to grow crops and animals is called?

• Farming

• Ag Mechanics

• Intensive Grazing

• Inputs

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Farming on a small area of land, producing enough for the needs of the family is called?

• Pomology

• Horticulture

• Subsistence Farming

• Intensive Farming

The cultivation of garden plants is called?

• Olericulture

• Horticulture

• Flouriculture

• Agribusiness

A production system that avoids the use of synthetically compounded fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives is called?

• Food Science

• Organic Farming

• Subsistence Farming

• Supplies and Services

Farm and ranch families make up approximately what percent of the U.S. population

• 98%

• 56%

• 27%

• 2%

What is conducted on a commercial scale and involves large areas of land and large quantities of farm inputs?

• Agribusiness

• Aquaculture

• Intensive Farming

• Subsistence Farming

What is the art, science and practice of studying and managing forests?

• Forestry

• Horticulture

• Olericulture

• Pomology

Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.

• Cash cropping

• Terraced Farming

• Sustainability

• Agribusiness