Chapter 2 Flashcards
The size of the average American farm is ______ acres or ______ hectares.
444 acres or 180 hectares
A farm in Montana would tend to be smaller than one in Vermont
False
Most farms do not rely on off-farm income
False
Corn, soybean, wheat, and hay are grown on over 50 percent of cropland in the United States.
True
Having a reliable and healthy food source is essential to our nation’s security.
True
About 63 percent of U.S. agricultural products are exported to other countries
False
The USDA was created in the 1900s
False
There is more land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program than in the Wetland Reserve Program.
True
A large dairy farm may have 1,000 cows or more
True
Americans pay about 30 percent of their disposable income on food
True
A hobby farm is self-supporting, with sales of at least $100,000.
False
Large farms have higher profit margins than small farms.
True
Most farm in the United States are family farms.
True
More people in the United States are now employed directly in agriculture than at any time in history.
False
Grazed forestland and rangeland are used more intensively than cropland.
False
Fruit and vegetable are common agricultural products that the United State exports to Mexico.
False
Most of the cost of food that consumers pay goes to other parts of agribusiness besides farming.
True
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
D. all answers are correct
There are approximately how many farms in the United States?
2 million
The USDA has established how many classes of farms?
five
The term “acre” was brought to the United States from which country?
England
Which of the following is a correct designation for a township?
T7NR2W
What percentage of the United States land resource is devoted directly or indirectly to agriculture?
50
What is typically planted on Conservation Reserve Program land?
native grasses
Each American farmer provides food and fiber for approximately how many people?
150
A large farm as characterized by the USDA would best be described as having
2,500 acres and $500,000 in sales
Which two crops lead in exports from the United States?
soybean and corn
Which are the leading livestock exports from the United States?
beef and pork
The budget of the USDA in 2011 was approximately how much?
$146 billion
The 2008 Farm Bill will govern federal agricultural programs until
2013
____ percent of the population of the United States is directly involved in farming.
One
The three types of financial support given to farmers by the USDA are ____________, _____________, and ________________________.
commodity, conservation, and disaster payments
The measure of the value of a nation’s total production is their
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
A typical Conservation Reserve Program contract with a landowner is usually ____ years in length.
10
______________ includes all firms engaged in producing, processing, transporting, marketing and distribution of products in the food and fiber sector.
Agribusiness
When one firm owns several stages of the production of food or fiber, it is called
Vertical integration
A ________ is an area the size of one square mile.
section
________ and _________ are the top coutnries from which the United States imports agricultural products.
Canada and Mexico
The _________________________________________ is the primary scientific research agency of the USDA.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
payment to reduce production of crops on environmentally sensitive land
conservation payment
direct payment or price support
commodity payment
emergency payment when yields are low or nonexistent due to poor conditions
disaster payment
