I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Barns were and are a centerpiece of family farms as settlers continued across the heartland. One of the largest barns in …
American Agriculture History Minute: Future of Agriculture West of the Mississippi River
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. President Thomas Jefferson believed in the future of agriculture. In fact, he believed it to be the cornerstone to the success …
American Agriculture History Minute: Lewis and Clark Report on Agriculture West of Mississippi River
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Any modern traveler now retracing the steps of Merriweather Lewis and William Clark after they left the Missouri River and proceeded …
American Agriculture History Minute: Beginning of Helena Agra Enterprises
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. A small chemical manufacturing company opened its doors in 1957 in West Helena, Arkansas near the Mississippi River south of Memphis. …
American Agriculture History Minute: Agricultural Discoveries in the Travels of Lewis and Clark
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. There were a lot of agricultural discoveries in the travels of Lewis and Clark, not just discovering new lands. Historians note …
American Agriculture History Minute: What State is the Grass Seed Capital of the World?
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. We begin today with a question. What state is referred to as the grass seed capital of the world? That would …
American Agriculture History Minute: Mechanical Corn Shellers Introduced
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn has always been an important part of American agriculture history, but shelling it – usually by hand – was a …
American Agriculture History Minute: Beginning of Land Stewardship
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Significant areas of farmland were abandoned during the Great Depression and incorporated into national forests. And that began more land stewardship …
American Agriculture History Minute: Corn, and Corn Shelling
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn of course holds a major part of American agriculture history, but very early on corn was typically shelled by hand …
American Agriculture History Minute: Harvesting Corn by Hand Continues Today
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. From roughly the 1920s to the 1940s, harvesting corn by hand was a necessity. Today, the National Corn Husking Association keeps …
American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio State University Founded
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act of 1862. And the name Ohio …
American Agriculture History Minute-Gaining Control of the Might Mississippi River
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. President Thomas Jefferson was especially eager to gain control of the crucial Mississippi River port in New Orleans. Jefferson tasked James …
American Agriculture History Minute: Weather Determined the Crops
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers would learn that weather would often dictate the crops they would raise. In cooler regions, wheat was often the …
American Agriculture History Minute: Largest Barns in the U. S.
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. As with many subjects, the largest of any item is always up for debate. The largest barn in the U. S. …