Agriculture in Canada I

Question 1

What determines the kind of agriculture that can occur?

Answer 1

Soil type

Climate

Question 2

How is soil created?

Answer 2

Forces of:

• Glacial ice
• Melt water
• Glacial lakes
• Wind

due to long and persistent grinding deposited small particles on land

Question 3

What are the 6 common soil types in Ontario?

Answer 3

• <30cm of soil over rock (shallow)
• Muck/peat (organic matter) inlet and low lying areas
• Gently rolling plains with a mixture of sand, silt and clay
• Hilly and high stone content
• Sand
• Clay

Question 4

Why is arable land decreasing?

Answer 4

Urban development 
Roads
Sewage
Systems 
Housing

Question 5

What is the soil, climate and agriculture of northern Canada?

Answer 5

Soil: rock and permafrost
Climate: Extremely cold winters and cool summer
Ag: None

Question 6

What is the soil, climate and agriculture of the Atlantic provinces?

Answer 6

Soil: Silty and stone free, acidic, low organic matter
Climate: Coastal regions are milk and wet
Ag: Potatoes, grain, dairy, poultry, apples, blueberries

Question 7

What is the soil, climate and agriculture of Central Canada?

Answer 7

Soil: Texture conducive to growth (south), rocky (north)
Climate: adequate moisture, warm and long growing season
Ag: Corn, soybean, Livestock, fruit, veggies

Question 8

What is the soil, climate and agriculture of the prairies?

Answer 8

Soil: Texture conducive to growth
Climate: Adequate moisture, warm and long growing season
Ag: Grain, oilseeds, peas, lentils, sunflower, livestock

Question 9

What is the soil, climate and agriculture of the west coast?

Answer 9

Soil: Fertile
Climate: Coastal regions are mild and wet. Interior-regions are hot and dry
Ag: Dairy, poultry, vegetable, berries, floriculture, tree fruit

Question 10

Why is canada food at breeding cattle?

Answer 10

Certain breeds are well suited to canada because of the mild climate

Question 11

What makes certain beef be excluded?

Answer 11

Yellow Fat

Poor muscle texture

Question 12

Why is the processing system monitored?

Answer 12

To minimize food safety risk so it can be traced back through the food system

Question 13

What are the top poultry products?

Answer 13

Chicken, Eggs and turkey

-all known for quality and safety

Question 14

For horticulture what do researchers focus on interns off breeding?

Answer 14

Improved survival during winters
Resistance to disease
Quick growth in short growing season

Question 15

What is the most valuable fruit grown in canada?

Answer 15

Blueberries then apples

Question 16

What fruit can canada produce?

Answer 16

Strawberries
Blueberries
Cranberries
Grapes
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Apples 
Cherries 
Raspberries

Question 17

What veggies can canada produce?

Answer 17

Potatoes
Sweet corn
Green peas
Broccoli
Carrots
Sweet peppers
Onions
New foreign vegetables (pak choi, napa cabbage)

Question 18

Where are oil seeds grown in canada?

Answer 18

Praries

-cause of the flat land, cool climate and fertile soils

Question 19

Where are grains grown?

Answer 19

In all provinces

Question 20

How is canola produced?

Answer 20

Plants produce yellow seeds that are harvested in autumn and are crushed to produce the oil
-byproduct used for livestock feed

Question 21

What is a pulse?

Answer 21

Edible dry seeds of leguminous plants

Question 22

Canada is the top producer of which legumes?

Answer 22

Lentils and peas

Question 23

How long does it take milk to go from farm to table?

Answer 23

2-3 days

Question 24

Why do we have green houses?

Answer 24

To create a controlled climate when our outside climate won’t allow us to grow anything

Question 25

What are the factors that can be controlled in a green house?

Answer 25

Temp
Humidity
Supplemental light
Water

Question 26

What are hydroponics?

Answer 26

technique used to grow plants without the use of soil by supplying essential nutrients and water
-grown on rock wool which reduces transferring of disease and pests

Question 27

Where are the largest floriculture in canada?

Answer 27

Ontario
Bc
Quebec

Question 28

What are the most commonly cut flowers?

Answer 28

Tuplis
Gerbera Daisies
Chrysanthemems
Snapdragons

Question 29

How can floriculture survive through the year?

Answer 29

Some may close in winter months because it is to costly to heat green houses but others can grow seasonal flowers like poinsettias, amaryllis and easter Lillies

Question 30

What is the difference between outdoor fish farming and indoor?

Answer 30

Outdoor: Occurs in open net pens in salt or freshwater

Indoor: occurs in man made. tanks

Question 31

Who produces the most aquaculture in canada?

Answer 31

BC: salmon
Ontario: Trout
PEI: Mussels

Question 32

What is a family farm?

Answer 32

Business that. depends on its household members to help with farm tasks
-typically passed through generation

Question 33

How many farms in canada were conventional and organic?

Answer 33

Conventional: 98.2%

Organic: 1.8%

Question 34

What is the Avery age of fame managers?

Answer 34

54

-many are well educated and continuous learning at workshops

Question 35

What are the main regulations that farmers have to abide too?

Answer 35

Animal Care and welfare
Environmental Stewardship
Food Safety

Question 36

How many and how big are farms now adays?

Answer 36

Average size is increasing 778 acres but the number of farms is decreasing

Question 37

Why are farms getting bigger?

Answer 37

Efficiencies
Pay more people
Tech

Question 38

How many jobs is agrifood responsible for in canada?

Answer 38

1 in 8

Question 39

What are 4 categories of jobs that agrifood contributes too?

Answer 39

Food and Nutrition Specialists
Scientists
Production managers and operators
Entrepreneurs

Question 40

how much arable land does canada have?

Answer 40

5%

-good enough for growing things