…I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Kansas Pioneer Farmers At the close of the Civil War, the government offered homesteads in Kansas to…
American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins
By Random Retail, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: First Mail Order Tractor Parts Business Begins In 1938, Charles E….
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agriculture in Kansas Often Unsuccessful
…the house. By Irving Rusinow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agriculture in Kansas Often Unsuccessful Early…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Agriculture Difficult in Kansas
Photocopy of Historic Photograph, Photographer and Date Unknown- EARLY AREA HOMESTEAD – Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American…
American Agriculture History Minute: Allis Chalmers Company Beginning
…via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Allis Chalmers Company Beginning Edward P. Allis was an entrepreneur who in 1860 bought…
American Agriculture History Minute: Exports Boom Early Agriculture
Sacks of Wheat on Wagons at Port State Government Photographer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Exports Boom Early…
American Agriculture History Minute: Wasteful Early Times of Agriculture
Marion Post Wolcott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Wasteful Early Times of Agriculture Historian Lewis Hacker shows…
American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Insurance, Conservation Techniques Revive Great Plains Agriculture
Fruit growing in the central and southern Great Plains By H. P. Gould / Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions / via Wikimedia Commons image I’m Mark Oppold with an…
American Agriculture History Minute: Homestead Act of 1862
Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)-page 1 The U.S. National Archives, Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons image I’m Mark Oppold with an…
American Agriculture History Minute: Western Great Plains Becomes Open Cattle Range
…I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Western Great Plains Becomes Open Cattle Range The western Great Plains became open range country hosting cattle…
USDA’s World Ag Outlook Board Sees Tariff Hits to US Meat Exports
…competition in other markets. And that’s increased competition from the likes of Brazil and the EU, supplying pork into those markets.” China also turned to Brazil this month for big…
American Agriculture History Minute: British Attempt Restriction of Westward Expansion
…of the United States – Adapted from National Atlas of the United States scan uploaded by Kooma, Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History…
American Agriculture History Minute-Northwest Territory Established
How the United States Came into Possession of the Northwest Territory F. Rentschler of the Works Progress Administration/Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History…
American Agriculture History Minute: Mid-1800s Rapid Agriculture Growth
The Ohio Farmer (Jan. 11, 1908) Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Mid-1800s Rapid…