Field Crops

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What does the term N.P.K. mean to a farmer? No Plow Krop Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium No Plant Kill Nitrate, Potash, Kelsium

2. Manure is a good source of fertilizer but what is another benefit of manure? Weed Seed Water Organic Matter Inorganic Matter

3. What would you use to control weeds in a corn field? Herbicide Antibiotics Fungicide Insecticide

4. Which of these is not a small grain? Oats Wheat Barley Soybean

5. Which of these crops does not require nitrogen fertilizer? Corn Soybeans Grass Hay Oats

6. Soil ph is 5 very acidic for soil. What do you do? spread fertilizer drain water from field spread manure spread limestone

7. What is green manure? a manure pile covered with weeds fresh manure manure produced by animals eating fresh grass a crop grown to be plowed under

8. Which plant is not an annual? Wheat Soybean Alfalfa Corn

9. G.M.O.s have become popular in corn and soybeans.What does G.M.O. stand for? Good Maturing Offspring Genetically Modified Organism Growth Maturity Order Gold Medal Order

10. Soil erosion is caused by? water poor farming practices wind all of these