Across
- 2. dried leaves and stems of plants used for livestock feed
- 3. common animal used for farm work, riding, and ranching
- 5. when a farmer raises chickens to sell to egg producers
- 9. process of fattening up cows before they are sold to the markets
- 11. type of crop that is milled into semolina
- 18. name given to chickens and turkeys
- 20. Storage containers used for many types of crops
- 22. machine used to pickup grain and separate kernels from the straw
- 23. crop base that includes pinto beans and navy beans
- 25. controls insects
- 26. control weeds
- 28. crop that is commonly grown in ND and has a high protein content and makes excellent flower
- 29. type of operation where the farmer raise and sell calves until they are no longer able to produce calves
- 30. cows raised for producing milk
- 31. type of flour used to make macaroni and other past products
Down
- 1. means to be born
- 4. North Dakota ranks first in the U.S. in the production of this; associated with bees
- 6. farmer own company that controls the refinement of sugarbeets
- 7. oldest known grain crop that is grown to be used as malt and livestock feed
- 8. a major crop that is grown in the Red River Valley that is processed into sugar
- 10. what is used to plant the seed
- 12. is used for making syrups
- 13. the largest sector of the states economy
- 14. the process of farming by letting large amounts of cattle roam on grass plain and open prairies
- 15. major cash crop grown in ND that is sometimes converted to silage for animal feed
- 16. town that is considered the potato capital of ND
- 17. prevent plant diseases
- 19. name given to crops that grow in rows
- 21. yellowish crop used to produce condiments for food like hotdogs and hamburgers
- 24. when farmers raise bees in box like hives
- 27. name given to chemicals like herbicides, fungicides, fertilizer, and pesticides