2024 NCCS

Utilizing Nutrition and Cultural Practices to Manage the Farm Ecosystem

To earn your Certified Crop Adviser credits for this session, you must complete the quiz below and correctly answer at least 7 of the questions. Credits will be awarded for passing submissions that are submitted no later than March 11, 2025.

First / Last name

Email address

CCA, CPAg, CPSS or CPSC Number

Q1: Which of the following is a lesson Vittetoe learned in 2023?

When you are dry, it helps when it rains.

Cereal rye must be managed aggressively in dry conditions.

Crops are resilient.

Don't let the farm/work stop you from enjoying life.

All of the above

Q2: Vittetoe says that as producers, knowing your "why" is important as you make decisions for your operation.

True

False

Q3: _________ is defined as "a broad set of management techniques or options which may be manipulated by agricultural producers to achieve their crop production goals."

Cultural practices

Feeding practices

Harvesting practices

Environmental practices

Q4: The goal of soil balancing is to achieve a proper ratio of minerals, humus, and pore space in the soil such that microbial life can thrive and function properly.

True

False

Q5: Which nutrient does Gay Zimmer call "the trucker of all minerals"?

Silica

Calcium

Boron

Sulfur

Q6: Excess nitrogen strengthens a plant's immune system.

True

False

Q7: Does magnesium increase or decrease pore space?

Increase

Decrease

Q8: Excess magnesium reduces nitrogen efficiency, ties up potassium and leaches with excess sulfur.

True

False

Q9: Which nutrient does Gay Zimmer call "the key switch"?

Silica

Calcium

Boron

Sulfur

Q10: Vittetoe's operation does not include livestock.

True

False

2024 NCCS Session

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