Iowa's Corn & Agricultural Industry Vocabulary

bushel

• a unit of measure that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans

• a basket

• a machine used for moving the soil during harvest

• a unit of measure that is greater than 1 mile long

acre

• a machine used for turning over the topsoil

• a place where cattle graze

• a unit of area equal to 43,560 square feet, used to measure land

• a unit of measurement used for the area of a farm

yield

• to put together

• to work all day from sunrise to sunset

• to break things apart

• to give forth and produce

cultivate

• land that is full of weeds and grass

• to plant and help grow by plowing, weeding, or adding fertilizer

• used to count the number of rows in a field

• a machine used to cut down trees

corn belt

• a factory line, where corn is moved from one place to another by belt

• a belt made of corn

• an area in Iowa, where corn is produced in only that location

• area in the midwestern United States, roughly covering western Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas, in which corn and soybeans are the crops most grown

tractor

• a powerful motor vehicle with large tires used to pull plows and other farm machines

• a machine used in a parade, usually green or red in color that is used to plant flowers only

• a device used to track where the combine is supposed to go

• a modern machine that is used to haul gravel from the quarry

combine

• a type of fertilizer used to help crops grow

• a table used to gather crops to make food for farm animals

• a machine used to harvest crops

• a way farmers can put together their harvested crops to sell

topsoil

• soil that is removed from the field and taken away to be used to grow new plants

• soil mixed with clay and placed on the top of a field

• soil that is found 15 feet underground that needs to be brought to the surface to grow crops

• soil on the surface of land, valued for its richness and ease of cultivation

global positioning systems (GPS)

• a system in which farmers can search for gold underneath their fields

• a network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth

• a measurement tool that works to tell farmers when to plant their crops

• a system that gives the United States communication with other farmers in other countries