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What is the term for a male horse?

Stallion

A female beef animal before she has a calf is called what?

Heifer

Sheep produce what kind of meat?

Lamb or mutton

When measuring a horse, how many inches are in a hand?

4

What is the term for a male beef animal?

Bull

A newborn horse of either sex is called what?

Foal

Cattle produce what kind of meat?

Beef

What farm animal has the figestive system most like humans?

Hogs or swine

What is the proper name for a single freshwater shrimp?

Prawn

A male chicken is called a what?

Rooster

Where in Tennessee does the nation's largest population of bald eagles winter?

Reelfoot Lake

What is another name for grain sorghum?

Milo

Where would you find an A, B, and C horizon?

In a soil profile

What is found in some soil that stop root depth and effect homesite selection?

Bedrock

Hogs produce what kind of meat?

Pork

Which one of Tennessee's forage grasses is infected with an "Endophyte Fungus?"

Fescue

Standardbred, Hackney, and Shire are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Horses

The Sadflebred, Appaloosa, and the Mustang are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Horses

A horse who has a mixture of white and black hairs would be called a what?

Bkue roan

What is the name of the feed that is highest in energy content?

Corn

What is defined as an agent or chemical used to destroy pests?

Pesticides

What is the family of plants containing watermelons, squash, and cucumbers?

Cucurbits (CUE-CURB-ITS)

What is the name of the stomach in cows, sherp, and goats that is responsible for them being able to eat and live on hay and grasses?

Rumen

Tennessee ranks second in the nation in total numbers of what small ruminant animal?

Goats

Leather is produced from what agricultural industry?

Cattle (beef and dairy)

Shropshire, Katadin, and Montdale are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Sheep

What pigs are bought small and then fed to market weight?

Feeder pig

What breed of horse is known for it's spots?

Appaloosa

Which state produces the most milk?

Wisconsin

Why do mice constantly gnaw on something?

Because their teeth never stop growing

Tunis, Jacob, and Columbia are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Sheep

What kind of rock is Crab Orchard stone?

Sandstone

What farm animal farrows it's young?

Swine or hogs

What is the proper color name for a horse with a reddish body and same color legs, mane, and tail?

Chestnut

What farm animal is most susceptible to pseudorabies (pronounced sue-doe-ray-bees)?

Swine or hogs

A sirloin steak comes from what area of the animal?

Hip

What are the most efficient farm animals in terms of pounds of gain to pounds of feed?

Chickens or poultry

Great Pyrenees, Border Collie, and Australian Shepherd are dog breeds associated with what species of animal?

Sheep

Name the country of origin where the Clydesdale originated.

Scotland

Simmental, Angus, and Hereford are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Beef cattle

Name the State Wild Edible Plant of Tennessee.

Poke sallet

A male newborn horse is called a what?

Colt

Landrace, Yorkshire, and Spots are breeds associated with what species of animal?

Swine or hogs

What is the most valuable wholesale cut on sny meat animal?

Loin

Of the three types of soil, ssbd, silt, and clsy, which is the stickiest?

Clay

What kind of college was formed to study agriculture, and was funded byvthe sake of western lands given each state by the federal government?

Land-grant university

What is the state wild animal of Tennessee?

Raccoon

What is the official sport fish of Tennessee?

Largemouth bass

What does the Hognose Snake do when it is threatened?

Plays dead

What fish is generally the goal of a day of fly casting?

Trout

What is the largest rodent found in Tennessee?

The beaver

Name the two types of foxes fiund in Tennessee.

Red fox and gray fox

What is the official state game bird of Tennessee?

Bobwhite quail

What is the term for the soft furry covering on a deer's antlers?

Velvet

What is Tennessee's state bird?

The mockingbird

What is the Tennessee state amphibian?

Tennessee cave salamander

Why would you usean insecticide?

To kill insects

What abundant resource in Tennessee makes beef cattle production profitable?

Pasture

What soils are a mixture of clay, silt, and sand making them easy to cultivate?

Loams or loamy soils

What crop has the most harvested acres in Tennessee?

Hay

What is the most fertile part of the soil?

Topsoil

What crop do we use to produce margarine?

Soybeans

What is the term used to describe the rapid movement of soil and rock in response to gravity?

A landslide

What is the common name for cut and dried forage used for livestock feed?

Hay

What does the agriculture term "outcrops" refer to?

Large rocks sticking up out of the ground hindering cultivation of the land

What are yhe thick deposits of windblown soil found in West Tennessee called?

Loess ( pronounced l-uh-sss)

What type of plant can produce it's own nitrogen?

Legume

What does organic matter help build in a soil?

Topsoil

A plant that sprouts as a single leaf is called?

Monocot

Aquaculture is the science of producing what product?

Fish

What is the most common grass found in Tennessee?

Fescue

What does the animal nutrition term TDN stand for?

Total digestible nutrients

What part of a horse bridle fits in tge horse's mouth?

The bit

In what town is tge Tennessee Department of Agriculture located?

Nashville

What official heads up the USDA?

The Secretary of Agriculture

Name my ag career: I am a person entrusted with the protection and preserving of a parkland... particularly as it relates to trees?

Forest ranger

What is the agriculture term for a round bale of hay in a big plastic bag?

Haylage

A female newborn horse is called a what?

Filly

Apicultre is the science of producing what product?

Bees or honey

Why is UT Extension called the Cooperative Extension Service?

Cooperation between federal, state, and county governments