Exercise 9: Complete the sentences using the following words.

1. New technologies will help us *to cut* costs. 2. The first American settlers *cleared* the land and transformed forests into *croplands* and pastures. 3. The leading *producer* of tobacco is the South region. 4. The *productivity* of farm animals *receives* the owner of the farm *higher* new technologies. 5. The Great Plains region *produces* many crops such as wheat, corn, cotton and many others. 6. Iowa *receives* more rainfall than the states in the west. 7. The cattle and sheep require a lot of land *to graze*.