APES IND ag

Industrial ag does NOT use this practice....

• Polyculture

• monoculture

• heavy machinery

• lots of fossil fuels

Industrial ag does NOT use this practice....

• monoculture

• synthetic fertilizer

• heavy machinery

• crop rotation

Industrial ag does NOT use this practice....

• monoculture

• irrigation

• biological pest control

• synthetic fertilizer

Industrial ag does NOT use this practice....

• monoculture

• synthetic fertilizer

• heavy machinery

• crop rotation

Industrial ag does NOT use this practice....

• monoculture

• synthetic fertilizer

• manure and compost

• synthetic pesticides

A method of reducing pest populations is to.....

• keep growing the same crop over and over in a field

• keep lots of crop residue (stubble) in the field over the winter

• rotate crops and remove the pest's food source

• use synthetic fertilizer

A method of reducing pest populations is to.....

• keep growing the same crop over and over in a field

• plant alternating patches of different crops (polyculture) in fields

• keep lots of crop residue (stubble) in the field over the winter

• use synthetic fertilizer

A method of reducing pest populations is to.....

• keep growing the same crop over and over in a field

• use synthetic fertilizer

• keep lots of crop residue (stubble) in the field over the winter

• Plant boarder crops that attract the pests away from the main crop

Which irrigation method describes furrow irrigation?

• pumping ground water into spray nozzles across an agricultural field

• uses perforated hoses to release small amounts of water to plant roots

• flooding an agricultural field with water

• cutting "ditches" between crop rows and filling them with water

Which irrigation method describes drip?

• pumping ground water into spray nozzles across an agricultural field

• uses perforated hoses to release small amounts of water to plant roots

• flooding an agricultural field with water

• cutting "ditches" between crop rows and filling them with water