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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Robert Doherty’s Initial Investment
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Early International Relations and Cold War Impact
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Eugene Funk’s Family Background
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Native American Agricultural Practices
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, …
American Agriculture History Minute: Butler Manufacturing Company Founded
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Originators of the National Western Stock Show
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: National Western Stock Show Beginning
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Irrigation Key to Great American Desert Farming
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agricultural Experiments Conducted
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 …
American Agriculture History Minute: First Major Agricultural Settlement
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Greeley became Colorado’s first major agricultural settlement and they soon discovered there that irrigation was going to be the key to …
American Agriculture History Minute: Kansas Pioneer Farmers
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. At the close of the Civil War, the government offered homesteads in Kansas to Union Army veterans and more than 100,000 …
American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1938, Charles E. Schmidt began a mail order tractor parts business. The company got its start in Minot, North Dakota …
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agriculture in Kansas Often Unsuccessful
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early agriculture in the state of Kansas was not always successful. Settlers began increasing in numbers when Kansas was opened to …