Farm Challenge 2006!

Bacon is cute.

Pop quiz, folks! How well do you know from whence your food comes? Well, if you're like most modern city dwellers, you probably have vague notions about farms and ranches.

But if you were exceedingly lucky (like me!) and grew up in a farm state and had the opportunity to attend the Minnesota State Fair this year, well... you might answer this entire quiz with absolute confidence.

In that case, you'd likely be the proud owner of your choice of seed-growing kits: soybean, sugar beet or sweet corn. (I went with the soybean, natch.)

Give it a shot. I ain't giving up my little baby soybean, but at least you'll either have a sense of smug certainty or some new trivia with which to impress your friends and coworkers (And I'm sure you'll soon agree that agricultural trivia is endlessly popular at parties).

Cycles of Agriculture Quiz 2006

1. Name a use for honey.
2. How many eggs can a mature ostrich lay in one year?
3. How do you tell the difference between hay and straw?
4. Name an insect that affects the growth of the soybean crop.
5. What is Minnesota's state fruit?

Ready for the answers? (Don't cheat, now. Cheaters only cheat themselves.)

1. cooking, food manufacture, beauty products, etc.;
2. 40-80;
3. hay is for feed, whereas straw is for bedding;
4. spider mites;
5. honeycrisp apples