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

soybeans

American Agriculture History Minute: Advancement of Soybeans

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

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Soybeans were not widely cultivated in the U.S. until the early 1930s, but by 1942, the U.S. became the world’s largest …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: First Grain Powered Grain Elevator Developed

Dan February 18, 2025Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Grain, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Joseph Dart is part of American agriculture history. Though born in Connecticut, he soon moved to Buffalo, New York and it …

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American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Conservation to Control Flood Waters Begins

Dan February 17, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Conservation, Environment, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1885, Harriet Strong made a study about the shortage of water in Nevada, including control of floodwaters and water storage. …

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wheat production

American Agriculture History Minute: Wheat Production Grows with the Railroad

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

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Wheat production grew as new railroads connected farms and markets. In between 1875 and 1890, bonanza farms, as they were called, …

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wheat

American Agriculture History Minute: Midlings Purifier Installed for Wheat Growers

Dan February 13, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours, Wheat

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers in Minnesota soon discovered they could not grow the same variety of wheat as their counterparts in Nebraska and …

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American agriculture history

American Agriculture History Minute: National Road Developed

Dan February 12, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. It was called the National Road. No, not Route 66. That would come nearly 100 years later. This National Road, built …

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American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Early Corn Production Leader

Dan February 11, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Once early settlers crossed the Appalachians, many had had enough of that kind of rough travel and settled in what is …

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american agriculture history

American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Canal Commission Established

Dan February 10, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1820, Ohio Governor Ethan Brown established the Ohio Canal Commission, the purpose of surveying a route for a canal that …

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Ohio

American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio, Early Agriculture Capital

Dan February 7, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Ohio was considered the early agricultural capital of the U.S. in the early 1800s as western expansion continued. Many settlers, after …

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American Agriculture History Minute: Livestock Changes the Land

Dan February 5, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, Cattle, Dairy & Livestock, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Colonists had more access to land in the U.S. than they did in Europe, but the acquisition came with some problems. …

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American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Looking at New Mexico Diverse Agriculture

Dan February 4, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. When considering top agricultural states in the country, New Mexico most likely doesn’t come to mind. But New Mexico is often …

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American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Early Colonists Learned the Hard Way About Soil Stewardship

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

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early colonists had to learn the hard way about soil stewardship. The practices associated with keeping livestock also contributed to deterioration …

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barns

American Agriculture History Minute: Barns, a Testament to America’s Agriculture History

Dan January 31, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Barns differ in size and shape, and many still stand as a testament to America’s agriculture history. One of the largest …

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American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Growing Was One Thing, Harvesting Was Another

Dan January 30, 2025American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Growing corn was one thing in American agriculture history, but harvesting it, certainly another. Imagine doing the job by hand. No …

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