Rotational grazing is: (Multiple Choice)

Rotational grazing is:
 
  A) moving stock from one pasture to another to prevent overgrazing.
  B) changing species in the pasture every year.
  C) moving out one species of livestock and replacing immediately with another.
  D) using pivot irrigation systems to keep the pasture growing.

Question 2

Traceability and HACCP place disproportionably high costs on small firms.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 3

When government programs increase the profitability of farming:
 
  a. It is due to higher prices.
  b. The value of farmland increases.
  c. Both landlords and tenants benefit.
  d. Barriers to entry into farming decrease.
  e. a and b above.

Question 4

If you want 15,000 plants per acre at harvest and have seed with a germination rate of 95 and you expect 95 of the germinated seedlings to survive, what is the seeding rate?
 
  A) 16,620 B) 13,540 C) 15,400 D) 18,000

Question 5

Mandatory production controls (acreage allotments and quotas):
 
  a. Eliminates slippage.
  b. Requires import restrictions.
  c. Provide the initial quota holder a windfall gain.
  d. Increase the share of income consumers spend on food.
  e. All of the above.

Question 6

Pollution increase as economic growth increases.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 7

Due to improved sanitation, a reduced share of the population is vulnerable to food borne illness.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 8

Which farm program is directly tied to current production?
 
  a. Fixed payments.
  b. Marketing loan.
  c. Countercyclical target price.
  d. Non recourse loan.
  e. b and d above.