First, here’s hoping everyone has a safe, enjoyable Memorial Day and takes a moment to reflect on the meaning of the holiday. The rains of the past several weeks have greatly improved soil moisture conditions and while many have commented on the cold, the weather has been closer to the long-term average the springs of the recent past. The purpose of today’s column is to kick back a bit and test your agricultural knowledge. First let’s have a little fun with wheat. Answers appear at the end of the column.
1. How much water is needed to produce a pound of wheat?
a. 1.5 gallons
b. 15 gallons
c. 150 gallons
2. People have grown wheat for?
a. 100 years
b. 1000 years
c. 10,000 years
3. Wheat originally comes from?
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. North America
4. A bushel of corn (56 pounds) can sweeten how many cans of Coke?
a. 4
b. 40
c. 400
5. Which country grows the most sunflowers?
a. United States
b. Russia
c. China
6. How many seeds can one sunflower head contain?
a. 20
b. 200
c. 2000
7. Soybeans originally comes from?
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. North America
Next week: How are the wheat and summer crops looking?
Answers 1 – a; 2 – c; 3 – c; 4 – c; 5 – b; 6 – c; 7 - b