Ag Quizbowl Set 4

The process of administering drugs by needle and syringe.

Provide long-term credit for agriculture.

Strip of grass growing in the low area of a field where water can gather and cause erosion.

Plants that lost their leaves every year.

A seed sprouting or starting to grow

Simple sugar and the building blocks for other nutrients.

New wheat plant inside the kernel.

Female reproductive cells.

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Refers to the selling of animals directly to processors by the producer.

Natural layer of organic matter on the surface of soils

The brain and the spinal cord.

Name given to a pesticide by a recognized committee on pesticide nomenclature.

Dividing the carcass into smaller cuts

Soil group within a class designated by a small letter.

A species of animal in or on which diseases or parasites can live.

Soil located near the surface that is made up of desirable proportions of mineral and organic matter.

The process of treating animals for external parasites by walking or swimming them through a medicated bath.

Picking the best parents for the next generation.

The term applied to the relationship of the host, pathogen, and the environment in disease development.

Cross between a stallion and a jennet.

Crop grown for its edible seeds.

Plant kept for aroma, medicine, or seasoning.

Neither gene expresses itself to the exclusion of the other.

The flowers and ultimately the seed area of the plant

Projects that improve beauty, convenience, safety, value, or efficiency learned outside of the regularly scheduled class

Silage made from forages dried to 40 to 55 percent moisture.

The process for treating udder problems through the teat canal.

Green pigment in leaves.

A compound that does not contain carbon.

Any edible material used for animal feed.

Money or property

A person who shoes horses.

Mating of animals that are related

Member of the horse family 14.2 or more hands tall.

Moisture in the air.

Taking a product from the plant where it was grown or produced.

Modified leaf that is often brightly colored and showy

A rabbit cage or house

Nutrients that have 2.25 times as much energy as carbohydrates.

Plant materials with high moisture content such as pastures and root plants.

Yellowing of the leaf.

Less available than needed for optimum growth

Animal food.

A measurable change in an amount over time or distance.

Less available than needed for optimum growth.

Use of electronics and ultra-modern equipment to perform tasks and control machinery and processes.

Special cage or pen used for swine to give birth in.

Swine more than four months old.

To place a substance under the skin to improve growth of animals.

Person or business storing food for transport to regional markets.

Vegetative part removed from the parent plat and managed so it will regenerate itself.

The amount of a product wanted at a specific time and price.

Chemicals that regulate many of the activities of the body.

Lift into position

Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.

A chemical change that results in gas release

A non-nutritive substance added to feed to improve growth, increase feed efficiency, or maintain health.

Plant or animal offspring from crossing two different species or varieties.

Decay into soil-building materials and nutrients

Enlarged thyroid gland caused by a deficiency of iodine.

Skin or covering of a wheat kernel.

Resting stage, no active growth

Heart, liver, and gizzard of poultry

Wood's resistance to compression.

Material inside of bones that makes blood cells.

A device for drying food

Remove or shorten tails of certain animals.

Sensitive and discriminating taste in food preferences

Pairs of genes that are different.

Plants that lose their leaves every year

Lamb less than three months old.

Length of pregnancy

Process in which many countries became self-sufficient in food production.

Point where each additional unit of input decreases the output or returns

A shield-shaped cut made about halfway through the wood around the leaf and the axial bud.

Removal of soil to form relatively narrow and deep trenches known as gullies.

Usually forms very hard lumps or clods when dry; plastic when wet.

Removing moisture with heat.

Forages that have been cut and dried to a low level of moisture, used for animal feed.

A turfgrass that grows in clumps.

Materials that destroy infective agents such as bacteria and viruses.

Land created when soil is deposited by water at the mouth of a river.

Layer (think layer of soil)

Soild body waste.

Soils deposited by ice.

Water that flows from the land to oceans and contains little or no salt.

A skin disorder caused by the deficiency of riboflavin, niacin, or biotin.

Decay into soil-building materials and nutrients.

Place or box in which bees are kept

The art of riding and knowing the needs of the horse.

Crossing a purebred male with a grade female

Mixed into the soil by spading, plowing, or discing.

Organizations that provide opportunities for leadership development and skill development

Place where eggs are hatched.

Pairs of genes that are alike

Person who inspects the food for freshness, size, and quality.

The main component of the skeletal system.

The science of producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

Female of the swine family that has not given birth.