AOCBAG306

List the broad acre crops that are grown in your country or region, in each of the following categories: Fibres, Grains, Oil Seed Crops and Fodder Crops.

Select six (6) of the more commonly grown crops from your list. For each crop answer the following: (a) What conditions are most suited (soils, rainfall, temperature, altitude, aspect etc.)? (b) What time of years would you plant? (c) What time of year would you harvest? (d) Where and how is the crop marketed?

What agronomic crops have potential for your country/region that are not widely grown there already? Why do you think this is so?

Suggest four criteria for selecting a viable crop or range of crops for a farm in your locality.

Give an example of how altitude can affect crop production.

What is a frost pocket?

What weather factors affect crop production in your locality: (a) In summer and (b) In winter.

Why do plant roots fail to develop in soils with high water content?

Why do plant roots fail to develop in soils with high water content?