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1in marketing barley, "dockage" refers to ...
- Aa non malt quality barley
- Bprice discount for high moisture
- Cother grains such as wheat and rye
- Dmachine separable coarse and fine matter not barley
2barley harvest by swathing (windrowing) can begin any time after _____ without suffering any yield loss?
- A3 weeks after heading
- Bwhen the green color is out of the head
- Cafter hard dough
- Dwhen the flag leaf is dried up
3cool season grassy weeds, such as wild oats can be best controlled by non-chemical methods through
- Acultivation
- Bdelayed planting
- Cearly planting
- Dincrease seeding rate
4leaching of applied nitrogen is likely to be greatest on which soil
- Aloamy clay
- Bloamy sand
- Csandy loam
- Dsilt loam
5when selecting a variety of barley to plant in mn after malt type, yield and disease resistance you should select a variety that has:
- Aearly maturity
- Bhigh protein
- Cresistance to cyst nematode
- Dshort straw
6a 20 foot grain drill equipped with double disk openers space 6" apart dropped 2 lbs of seeds in 50 feet. the calculated seeding rate per acre is:
- A40 lbs
- B100 lbs
- C87 lbs
- D200 lbs
7high quality barley for malting purposes should have
- Aprotein of 12% and test weight of 47
- Bprotein of 14% and test weight of 43
- Cprotein of 15% and test weight of 50
- Dprotein of 16% and test weight of 42
8the weed species most difficult to control in spring barley is
- Aannual grass
- Bwinter annual grasses
- Cannual broad leaf species
- Dperennial broad left species
9after taking the soil test, the final decision on the amount of fertilizer to apply for barley will be determined by:
- Acrop use
- Bprevious years
- Cyield goal
- Dall of the above
10you have determined that 125 lbs of nitrogen is needed for your crop. for max. crop response and min. environmental consequences (leaching) you should apple the fertilizer:
- A100% in the fall to permit early planting
- B100% at planting time
- C50% at planting and 50% at tillering stage
- D50% at planting and 50% at early heading stage
11the root system of barley is best described as
- Abranched
- Bfibrous
- Cshallow
- Dtrap
12when comparing barley seeded at 60 lbs and 180 lbs per acre, it was observed that the number of heads per acre at harvest differed by only 10%. this is because of:
- Ahigher germination at 60 lbs
- Bloss of plants at 180 lbs
- Ctillering captivity at 60 lbs
- Dmore seeds per pound in the 60 lbs treatment
13barley typically can be planted when the soil is greater than
- A40 degrees f
- B30 degrees f
- C50 degrees f
- D60 degrees f
14the disease of barley which has causes great economic loss to mn farms during the last 15 years and produce a toxin called "vomitoxin" is:
- Aleaf rust
- Bscab
- Ccovered smut
- Dergot
15seeding rate of barley in mn vary, but the recommended rate is
- A25 seeds per sq ft
- B35 seeds per sq ft
- C45 seeds per sq ft
- D55 seeds per sq ft
16delaying barley planting into mid may to early june typically results in low grain yields due to
- Alow tillweing
- Breduce kernel number per head
- Creduce kernel weight
- Dall of the above
17normal seeding depth of barley is
- A3/4 inch
- B2 1/2 inch
- C3 1/2 inch
- D1 1/2 inch
18barley is one of the major crops of the world because of its use in
- Atofu
- Bbread
- Cbrewing (beer)
- Dfeeds
19at the "boot" stage of developing the plant is near
- Aheading
- Bspiking
- Cmaturity
- Dtillering
20barley belong to a group of crop plants known as
- Acereals
- Boil crops
- Cdicots
- Dpulse
21the first structure to emerge from a germinating seed is the
- Aradical
- Badventitious roots
- Ccoleoptile
- Dpericarp
22the market class of barley is most important in mn is
- Abarley
- Bsix rowed malting
- Csix rowed blue malting
- Dtwo rowed barley
23crop loss due to hail is most likely to be greatest if the storm occurs at which growth stage
- Aemergence
- Btillering
- Cjoining
- Dheading
24barley pearing is done to make the grain ready for human consumption because unlike wheat the _____ are not removed in threshing
- Aauricles
- Bglumes
- Clemma and palea
- Dlipids
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