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Ag Commodities

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  • Which commodity was originally thought to be a weed?
    Oats
  • a large cereal grain plant that has a leafy stalk on which ears are produced that contain the grains or seeds called kernels
    corn
  • Wool from rabbits
    Angora
  • Cashmere and Mohair wools come from this animal
    Goat
  • Name this Commodity
    Rice
  • What does canola stand for?
    Canada oil low acid
  • The source of bacon
    Frozen Pork Bellies
  • What is the difference between Timber and Lumber?
    Timber is raw wood, lumber is planks and boards
  • cattle industrially raised for beef production from the calf stage until they reach between 600 and 800 pounds
    Live cattle
  • Name this commodity
    Wheat
  • a carbohydrate known as sucrose in its crystalline powder form.
    Sugar
  • a staple fiber that is the most widely used natural fiber for the manufacture of clothes and textiles.
    cotton
  • Name this commodity
    Oats
  • annual grasses that were the last cereal grains to be domesticated
    oats
  • Which type of cotton is the premier species of cotton that makes up 1% of the cotton produced in the US?
    Pima
  • Name this commodity
    Canola
  • a cereal grain used commercially for animal feed, the production of malt (an important ingredient in beer production), and human food applications
    Barley
  • cattle that have reached 600 to 800 pounds and been moved to a feedlot where they are fed a special food mix to encourage rapid weight gain.
    feeder cattle
  • a species in the legume family of plants grown for its beans; it can fix nitrogen from the air in the soil
    Soybeans
  • This commodity is used almost exclusively in making table sugar
    sugar beets
  • are industrially raised pigs, swine, or hogs.
    Lean hogs
  • a cereal plant that produces grain which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.
    Flour
  • lumber of varying lengths but generally in increments of evenly cut 2-foot boards.
    Random Length lumber
  • refers to futures on Grade AA; a yellow or white dairy product consisting of an emulsion of milk fat and water that is obtained by churning cream
    cash-settled butter
  • Rapeseed is the actual plant for what commodity?
    Canola
  • Name this commodity
    Corn
  • Winter wheat is typically grown in which region of the US?
    Southern states
  • wood that has been reduced either mechanically or chemically to pulp
    Pulpwood
  • Name this commodity
    Sugar Cane
  • a fabric made from the sheared hair of sheep, llama, or other ruminants
    wool
  • seeds of the rice plant that have not had the outer hull and bran layers removed
    Rough Rice
  • Name this commodity
    Sugar Beet
  • an oilseed that is crushed to produce oil and meal; also an important feedstock for the growing biodiesel market
    Canola
  • timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
    Lumber
  • trees of forested areas considered as a source of wood. Lumber
    Timber