From Seed
to Harvest


Background
Information


How Are Field
Crops Planted?


Extension

Farming the
Farm


Crop Farming
Matchup

 

Farming the Farm


Crop farmers do many things to get food to you. The pictures below show some of the things a crop farmer does. Write 1 under the picture that shows what the farmer does first. Write 2 under the thing the farmer does next. Put all the pictures in the right order by writing the numbers 3 to 9 under the rest of the pictures. Then cut them out and paste them on a new piece of paper in the right order. Finish the story by coloring the pictures. Do quiz online by entering numbers under each picture. Click "Score" button at bottom of page to see how you did.

Seeding  Plowing   Spraying for pests  
Harvesting   Storing in silo  
or barn
Irrigating  
Cultivating   Trucking to  
market
Fertilizing 

Adapted with permission from the national FFA Organization's "Food for America" materials sponsored by Mobay Corporation, Ag Chemicals Division as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.