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future

American Agriculture History Minute: Believing in the Future of Agriculture

Dan June 3, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute explains how President Thomas Jefferson believed in the future of agriculture. In fact, he believed it to be the cornerstone to the success …

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American agriculture history

American Agriculture History Minute: Agriculture Production Potential West of the Mississippi

Dan June 2, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold with an American agriculture history minute tells us how any modern traveler now retracing the steps of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark after they left the Missouri River …

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chemical

American Agriculture History Minute: Chemical Manufacturing Company Opens Doors

Dan May 30, 2025Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold with an American agriculture history minute explains how a small chemical manufacturing company opened its doors in 1957 in West Helena, Arkansas, near the Mississippi River south of …

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lewis

American Agriculture History Minute: Lewis and Clark Agricultural Discoveries

Dan May 29, 2025Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold with an American agriculture history minute explains that there were a lot of agricultural discoveries in the travels of Lewis and Clark, not just discovering new lands. Historians …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Economic Impact of Rural Electrification

Dan May 28, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, describing the challenging conditions of rural life in the mid-1930s, noting that 90% of rural homes lacked electricity. Farmers had to perform …

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rural electrification

American Agriculture History Minute: Vision for Rural Electrification

Dan May 27, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, explains that the story of rural electrification began during the 1932 presidential campaign when Democratic nominee Franklin Roosevelt toured the South. During …

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rural electrification

American Agriculture History Minute: Rural Electrification Initiative

Dan May 26, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, focuses on the historical development of rural electrification in America during the Roosevelt administration. Mark explains that when President Roosevelt took office …

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electrification

American Agriculture History Minute: Urban Electrification in the 1920s

Dan May 23, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Energy, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American agriculture history minute, discussing the evolution of electrification in America during the early 1900s. He highlights how electric power transformed from a luxury to an …

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rural

American Agriculture History Minute: Rural Electrification Impact

Dan May 22, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Energy, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, highlighting the significant transformation in rural American life during the 1930s. Mark notes that before 1930, over 90% of rural homes relied on …

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agricultural

American Agriculture History Minute: Oregon’s Agricultural Leadership

Dan May 21, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Seeds, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American agriculture history minute, revealing that Oregon is known as the grass seed capital of the world, leading the nation in both grass seed and hazelnut …

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Robert

American Agriculture History Minute: Robert Doherty’s Initial Investment

Dan May 20, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Drought, Irrigation, Technology, This Land of Ours, Water

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History minute, focusing on the origins of Valley Irrigation. In 1946, Robert Doherty identified an opportunity in a small manufacturing company near Valley, Nebraska. He …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Early International Relations and Cold War Impact

Dan May 19, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History minute, focusing on the history of the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company. The story begins in 1931 when Roswell Garst and Charlie …

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eugene

American Agriculture History Minute: Eugene Funk’s Family Background

Dan May 16, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American agriculture history minute focuses on Eugene Funk, grandson of Isaac Funk, who was one of McLean County, Illinois’ pioneering settlers and renowned livestock producers. Eugene’s …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Native American Agricultural Practices

Dan May 15, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, focusing on the agricultural history of Colorado. Mark Oppold describes how early settlers discovered Native Americans practicing the Three Sisters farming method, …

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