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AESC 2050 KIEPPER TEST 1 (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS | GUARANTEED PASS
US Govt definition of farm - ---Answers----Farm is any establishment which produced and sold, or normally would have produced and sold $1000 or more of agricultural products during the year
Farms owned and operated by individuals and families - --- Answers----87%
Farms owned by partnerships - ---Answers----8%
Farms owned by corporations - ---Answers----8%
Farms owned by other-cooperative estates or trusts etc - --- Answers----1 percent
Terms that do not equate - ---Answers----Family farm does not necessarily equate with small farm, and corporate farm does not necessarily means a large scale operation owned and operated by a multi-national corporation
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US Gross Domestic Product - ---Answers----the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting GDP percentage - --- Answers----1.2%
A size of a farm correlates with - ---Answers----sales
How many farms lost in recession - ---Answers----Of the 100,000 farms lost, 4.2% were farms of <50 acres
Where was greatest farm loss concentration during great recession - ---Answers----Tennessee, North Alabama, and North Georgia
UN definition of Family farm - ---Answers----those managed and operated by a family, with the family providing most of the farm's labor
UN farm estimates - ---Answers----There are 500 million family farms around the world, representing up to 80% of all farms in many countries
Commercial agriculture - ---Answers----involves farming for a profit, based on the ability to produce surplus food
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In commercial agriculture the farmer is growing crops - --- Answers----to sell these commodities for as much money as possible
Commercial farms can be - ---Answers----arable (land suitable for growing crops) or pastoral (land suitable for rearing animals) or a mixture of both
Commercial farms tend to be in what climate zones - --- Answers----Temperate
Subsistence agriculture - ---Answers----the form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, leaving little, if any surplus for sale or trade
Who practiced subsistence farming - ---Answers---- preindustrial agricultural peoples
Majority of subsistence farms are located in what climate zones - ---Answers----tropical
Intensive subsistence - ---Answers----a method of agriculture where farmers get more food per acre compared to other subsistence farming methods. This allows farmers to make the most of each harvest. Think small and intense.
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