Agronomy Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation

Question 1

Which USDA program provides financial assistance to farmers for implementing conservation practices?

Accepted Answer

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Answer

Federal Crop Insurance Program

Answer

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

Answer

Packers and Stockyards Program

Question 2

What is the primary greenhouse gas emitted from flooded rice paddies?

Accepted Answer

Methane (CH4)

Answer

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

Answer

Nitrous oxide (N2O)

Answer

Ammonia (NH3)

Question 3

What is the purpose of a riparian buffer strip adjacent to farm fields?

Accepted Answer

Filter runoff, trap sediment and nutrients, and protect waterways

Answer

Provide additional crop production area

Answer

Supply irrigation water to adjacent fields

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Create habitat for pest insects

Question 4

Which practice is a core principle of regenerative agriculture that builds soil organic carbon?

Accepted Answer

Keeping soils covered and minimizing disturbance with cover crops and reduced tillage

Answer

Frequent deep tillage to aerate soils

Answer

Applying high rates of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer

Answer

Eliminating all crop rotations

Question 5

What does the term '4R Nutrient Stewardship' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Applying the right source, right rate, right time, and right place of nutrients

Answer

Four recommended fertilizer products

Answer

A four-year rotation cycle for nutrient management

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Four regulatory agencies overseeing fertilizer use

Question 6

Conservation tillage is defined as any tillage system that leaves at least what percentage of the soil surface covered by residue after planting?

Accepted Answer

30%

Answer

10%

Answer

50%

Answer

75%