How to Identify Farm Crops
Whether you want to identify the amber waves of grain outside your car window or you are starting a hobby farm, learning to recognize farm crops is easy and fun. Instead of knowing only the end product when it reaches your table in the form of bread or a casserole, take the initiative and learn what the plants that provide our food look like in the field.
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Look it up on the Internet. Photobar provides a large number of agricultural photos, including close-up images of individual crops during their various stages of growth and methods of harvest. (See Resources.)
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Enroll in the Future Farmers of America. This organization offers a high school program designed to educate kids in agricultural studies and general life skills. If your school doesn't offer this program, their website provides resources to introduce it. (See Resources.)
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Apply for an internship in agriculture. The United States Department of Agriculture provides domestic and international internship opportunities to study while receiving a stipend and living quarters for college seniors and graduate students. (See Resources.)
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Visit your library for books and media materials that identify farm crops. Look in the periodicals where you will find trade magazines that serve the agricultural industry.
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Work a summer job on a farm. There's nothing like hands-on experience to learn to identify farm crops. Farmers hire summer help because that is their main growing and harvesting season. The work is hard but the education is priceless.
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