Agriculture Month

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Across
  1. 1. An acre of land is equivalent to a _____ field
  2. 4. growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
  3. 7. _____ Illinois receives about 40" of rain each year
  4. 8. Illinois is the leading producer
  5. 9. A resource that can be used again and again
  6. 10. Accounts for 23 percent of American farms
  7. 13. Make up 30 percent of farmers today
  8. 14. 2023 is the year of the
  9. 15. There are about 1,500 _____ types in Illinois
  10. 16. Percent of family farmers in Illinois
Down
  1. 2. Single largest employer in the world
  2. 3. System of varying crops in order on the same ground, avoiding depletion of the soil and controlling weeds, diseases, and pests
  3. 5. A person who studies and experiments with the selection and growth of crops, plants, and pastures
  4. 6. the growing of two crops per year to double agricultural output
  5. 11. 99 percent of the farms in America are operated by
  6. 12. About 44 percent of ______ is used for export