Field Production Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• field : a class of crop that includes grains, oil crops, and specialty crops.
• malting : process of preparing grain for the production of beer or alcohol.
• forage : crop plants grown for their vegetative growth and fed to animals.
• oilseed : crop produced for the oil content of its seeds.
• linen : fabric produced from fibers in flax plants. linseed oil — oil produced from flax seed.
• ginning: the process of removing the seeds from cotton.
• cash : a crop grown for cash sale.
• thermal requirement : the heat requirements or length and characteristics of the
• growing season.
• cereal : grasses grown for their edible seeds.
• seed legume : crop that is nitrogen-fixing and produces edible seeds. root crop — crops grown for the thick, fleshy storage root that it produces.
• stimulant : crop that stimulates the senses of users.
• conventional tillage : land is plowed, turning over all crop residues.
• minimum tillage : soil is worked only enough so that seed will germinate.
• sprinkler irrigation : water delivered uniformly to all areas of the field using pipes
• equipped with nozzles.
• surface irrigation : water flows over the soil surface to the crop.
• drip irrigation : water is supplied to the roots of crops in a uniform manner.
• mechanical : pest control that affects the pest’s environment or the pest
• itself.
• genetic control : pest control using resistant varieties of crops.