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American Agriculture History Minute: Louisiana Territory Purchased
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Louisiana Territory Purchased The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from the French…
American Agriculture History Minute: Kansas State Agricultural College Founded
MANHATTEN, KS, USA: Anderson Hall and Administration on the campus of Kansas State University. DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Kansas…
American Agriculture History Minute: Land-Grant University Established in Columbus Ohio
DepositPhotos image 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 Agricultural and Mechanical College. Initially…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Established as a Leader in Crop Production
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. As early settlers pushed across the Appalachians, many assumed that they continued on westward through the plains and on…
American Agriculture History Minute-Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm Legislation
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute-Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm Legislation In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to…
American Agriculture History Minute: Women’s Progression in Agriculture
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Women’s Progression in Agriculture In the 1860s, when many men marched off to the Civil…
Christmas on the Farm
DepositPhotos image Today, Mark Oppold once again brings us a special Christmas poem he wrote simply titled, “Christmas on the Farm”. Christmas on the Farm Sponsored Content CIR Agriculture Harvester…
American Agriculture History Minute: Land-Grant Universities Continue to be Added
Apache Hoop and Pole Game Player sculpture at Haskell Indian Nations University. DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Land-Grant Universities Continue…
American Agriculture History Minute: Center Pivot Irrigation System Developed
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1946, Robert Doherty was looking for a good business opportunity, and he recognized the potential of a small…
Report Warns Losing Glyphosate Could Reshape Farm Bill Costs and Policies
…titles of the farm bill. The research, based on open-source data and economic modeling, suggests that losing glyphosate would create a challenging regulatory environment. Mark Purdy, Executive Vice President of…
American Agriculture History Minute: Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Seed Company Beginning
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Seed Company Beginning Roswell Garst and Charlie Thomas founded the…
American Agriculture History Minute: Funk Brothers’ Advancement of Corn Seed
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Funk Brothers’ Advancement of Corn Seed Eugene Funk was the grandson of Isaac Funk, one…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Settlers Arrive in What’s Now Colorado
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Early Settlers Arrive in What’s Now Colorado When early settlers arrived in what is now…