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1
Q

The size of the average American farm is ______ acres or ______ hectares.

A

444 acres or 180 hectares

2
Q

A farm in Montana would tend to be smaller than one in Vermont

A

False

3
Q

Most farms do not rely on off-farm income

A

False

4
Q

Corn, soybean, wheat, and hay are grown on over 50 percent of cropland in the United States.

A

True

5
Q

Having a reliable and healthy food source is essential to our nation’s security.

A

True

6
Q

About 63 percent of U.S. agricultural products are exported to other countries

A

False

7
Q

The USDA was created in the 1900s

A

False

8
Q

There is more land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program than in the Wetland Reserve Program.

A

True

9
Q

A large dairy farm may have 1,000 cows or more

A

True

10
Q

Americans pay about 30 percent of their disposable income on food

A

True

11
Q

A hobby farm is self-supporting, with sales of at least $100,000.

A

False

12
Q

Large farms have higher profit margins than small farms.

A

True

13
Q

Most farm in the United States are family farms.

A

True

14
Q

More people in the United States are now employed directly in agriculture than at any time in history.

A

False

15
Q

Grazed forestland and rangeland are used more intensively than cropland.

A

False

16
Q

Fruit and vegetable are common agricultural products that the United State exports to Mexico.

A

False

17
Q

Most of the cost of food that consumers pay goes to other parts of agribusiness besides farming.

A

True

18
Q

A farm can be defined as:
A. a plot of land devoted to agriculture and to the raising of crops and livestock
B. a place where people live and practice stewardship of the land
C. a place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products are sold
D. all answers are correct

A

D. all answers are correct

19
Q

There are approximately how many farms in the United States?

A

2 million

20
Q

The USDA has established how many classes of farms?

A

five

21
Q

The term “acre” was brought to the United States from which country?

A

England

22
Q

Which of the following is a correct designation for a township?

A

T7NR2W

23
Q

What percentage of the United States land resource is devoted directly or indirectly to agriculture?

A

50

24
Q

What is typically planted on Conservation Reserve Program land?

A

native grasses

25
Q

Each American farmer provides food and fiber for approximately how many people?

A

150

26
Q

A large farm as characterized by the USDA would best be described as having

A

2,500 acres and $500,000 in sales

27
Q

Which two crops lead in exports from the United States?

A

soybean and corn

28
Q

Which are the leading livestock exports from the United States?

A

beef and pork

29
Q

The budget of the USDA in 2011 was approximately how much?

A

$146 billion

30
Q

The 2008 Farm Bill will govern federal agricultural programs until

A

2013

31
Q

____ percent of the population of the United States is directly involved in farming.

A

One

32
Q

The three types of financial support given to farmers by the USDA are ____________, _____________, and ________________________.

A

commodity, conservation, and disaster payments

33
Q

The measure of the value of a nation’s total production is their

A

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

34
Q

A typical Conservation Reserve Program contract with a landowner is usually ____ years in length.

A

10

35
Q

______________ includes all firms engaged in producing, processing, transporting, marketing and distribution of products in the food and fiber sector.

A

Agribusiness

36
Q

When one firm owns several stages of the production of food or fiber, it is called

A

Vertical integration

37
Q

A ________ is an area the size of one square mile.

A

section

38
Q

________ and _________ are the top coutnries from which the United States imports agricultural products.

A

Canada and Mexico

39
Q

The _________________________________________ is the primary scientific research agency of the USDA.

A

Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

40
Q

payment to reduce production of crops on environmentally sensitive land

A

conservation payment

41
Q

direct payment or price support

A

commodity payment

42
Q

emergency payment when yields are low or nonexistent due to poor conditions

A

disaster payment