american

America’s Biggest Farm Boom: 1860–1910

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Economy, This Land of Ours

A Half-Century That Transformed American Agriculture From the Civil War era to the early 20th century, the United States experienced the most dramatic growth in agricultural development in its history. …

mid-Atlantic

How Wheat Transformed Mid-Atlantic Farming Before the American Revolution

DanAmerican Agriculture History Minute, Field & Row Crops, Grain, This Land of Ours, Wheat

Early Colonial Agriculture and Trade Before 1720, most colonists in the mid-Atlantic region lived through small-scale farming operations that provided both sustenance and a modest income. These family farms were …