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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “American Agriculture History Minute”

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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butler manufacturing

American Agriculture History Minute: Butler Manufacturing Company Founded

Dan May 14, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Brothers Charles and Newton Butler founded Butler Manufacturing Company in Kansas City, 1901. The two worked together on building an improved …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Originators of the National Western Stock Show

Dan May 13, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Cattle, Horses, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1906, Elias Ammons was president of the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers Association, later served as governor of Colorado. George …

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American Agriculture History Minute

American Agriculture History Minute: National Western Stock Show Beginning

Dan May 12, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Cattle, Dairy & Livestock, Horses, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The National Western Stock Show in Denver began in 1906. The horse show now among the largest in the world, more …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Irrigation Key to Great American Desert Farming

Dan May 9, 2025Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Irrigation, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Agriculture in what is now Colorado began taking shape in the early 1850s. Then Rocky Mountain News founder William N. Byers …

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American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agricultural Experiments Conducted

Dan May 8, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Research, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In the early 1820s, after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the U.S. government decided to conduct agricultural experiments in what is …

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