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What do you know about Virginia’s agriculture? You probably know that only about two percent of the population is working on the farm, but do you know how much that small percentage produces? Test your knowledge and see what your agriculture IQ is with these twenty questions.
1. What is the percent of individual or family owned farms?
2. What is the percent of women farm operators?
3. How many of Virginia’s farmers have principal occupations other than farming?
4. Although tobacco is Virginia’s number one field crop, what percent of the land is harvested in tobacco?
5. Most information would lead you to believe that farms are getting bigger each year. Is this true in Virginia?
6. Farms are for the countryside, right? Wrong. Virginia has three independent cities with farms. Which city lists the greatest number of farms?
7. Which is the number one county in farm production in the Old Dominion?
8. Which county leads in the number of farms?
9. If you got that one right, how about the county with the least number of farms?
10. Tobacco, com, soybeans are all considered as big crops in Virginia. Test your knowledge on this one. The largest acreage of farmland is devoted to what crop?
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