Introduction to Agriculture Final - Fall 2021

_____ is all the nonfarm work in the agriculture industry

• agribusiness

• agro-enterprise

• entrepreneurship

• industrial agriculture

Why has organic farming become more commonplace?

• easier production methods

• increased consumer demands

• new government regulations

• widespread chemical poisonings

Which is the best example of stewardship?

• conserving soil through management practices that limit erosion

• exploiting old growth forests to produce lumber for new construction

• harvesting fish and game outside of the designated season

• shifting cultivation from one field to another when nutrients are used up

What is a discipline within agriculture that deals with technical aspects of food from harvest to consumption?

• aquaculture

• food science

• hydroponics

• olericulture

What are the basic human needs provided through agriculture?

• food fiber shelter

• food water fire

• plants animals water

• vitamins minerals water

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

• 2

• 15

• 21

• 70

How much of the average American’s income is spent on food?

• 2%

• 10%

• 22%

• 90%

An Arkansas farmer’s rice she is sold to Southeast Asian countries. What does this example best illustrate?

• export

• import

• quality of life

• tariff

What are three crops that were grown by Native Americans and adopted by Europeans?

• alfalfa, clover, timothy

• bananas, peanuts, pineapple

• corn, tomatoes, beans

• sweet sorghum, melons, okra

John Deere and Leonard Andrus gained fame in 1837 for _____.

• founding the commercial fertilizer industry

• introducing the spring-tooth harrow for seedbed preparation

• inventing mason jars used for home canning

• manufacturing steel plows and patenting a practical threshing machine