Quiz- True or False 1. Soybeans are the souped-up engine of the American agricul

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Quiz- True or False

1. Soybeans are the souped-up engine of the American agricultural economy

2. The definition of valued added is total sales minus the value of purchased inputs such as fertilizer or equipment

3. Dairy farms provide about 9 percent of the value added in U.S. agriculture

4. A price support is a government policy that maintains a price higher than the market price

5. Organic matter produced form plants affect growth of soil bacteria and fungi

6. Phosphates and nitrates from farm field and cattle feed lots are aquatic nutrient

7. Sustainable farms include controlled irrigation

8. Commercial agriculture: growing food for consumption by farmer’s family

9. Subsistence agriculture: growing food for sale off the farm (machinery and technology)

10. Grain farming is the most common form of agriculture in the US

11. Wheat is grown to a considerable extent for international trade and is the world’s leading export crop

12. In US, cheese production is widely dispersed because of its perishability, but milk production is far more concentrated.

1.Ans- True

Grain and oilseeds such as soybeans are souped –up the engine of the American agricultural economy and also the main source of our food energy.

2. Ans- True

value added= total sales - total inputs

Value added is mainly earned by the people include farmers, farm labourers, landowners and investors in the industry.

3. Ans- True

Diary product such as milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, and yogurt provide about 9 % of the value added to U.S. agriculture sales.

4.Ans- True

A price support is an agreement made by the government to control the price higher than the market price

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