grain farming Flashcards
1
Q
most important crop grow is
A
wheat
2
Q
what are “breadbaskets”
A
norht american prairies
3
Q
largest commercial grain producer
A
USA
4
Q
wheres the winter wheat belt
A
kansas-colorado-oklahoma
5
Q
how does winter wheat grow
A
planted in autumn-and develops strong roots system before it stops growing in the winter (surviving throughinterunder a snowblanket)
6
Q
where is the spring wheat belt
A
dakotas-montana-southen saskatchewan. canada
7
Q
whats a mccormick reaper
A
1830s machine that cuts grain standing inthe fields
8
Q
ehats the combine machine
A
reap, thresh, clean
9
Q
is wokload spread evenly in a year
A
no
