1. Next year this farm will produce more high quality food products.
2. Last year our biologists produced some improved crop varieties which are of great importance for agriculture.
3. In this area, higher yields are produced by application of improved irrigation practices.
4. Next year more fertilizers will be produced in our country.
5. Our farm produces food products of high quality;
6. Some new chemicals for control of pests have been produced.
7. Many years ago higher yields were produced by cultivation of new lands.
8. Our industry has produced farm machinery for mechanization of different agricultural processes.
9. New machines for drainage are being produced in many countries.
6. Identify in which sentences the action refers to: a) the present; b) the past; c) the future. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
1. Many improved crop varieties have been developed in our country.
2. This variety was developed some years ago.
3. Our agronomist is working at a very important problem.
4. Yields are often increased by application of fertilizers.
5. Many years ago higher yields were mostly obtained by cultivation of new agricultural areas.
6. We shall begin a new experiment on our farm next month.
7. Different methods of yield increases are used in agriculture.
8. These areas will be irrigated next week.
9. We do not use drainage in this area.
10. Last spring farmers used more fertilizers than this year.
11. We have greatly raised food production in our area.
12. Intensive methods of crop growing are being developed now.
13. Agriculture supplies people with food products.
14. Crops may be grown by different methods.
15. Not all operations of crop cultivation have been mechanized.
16. There are many problems in agriculture which should be solved.
17. Achievements of biology are used on many farms.
18. New methods of weed control have been used on this farm, and good results have been obtained.
Comprehension activities
7. In text A find the sentence that talks about two ways of increasing yields.
8. Answer the following questions to text A.
1. Why is crop production important for man?