soil

How Early Farmers Learned to Protect Their Soil

DanAmerican Agriculture History Minute, Soil, This Land of Ours

The Dawn of Soil Conservation in Early American Farming In the early years of American settlement, the nation’s farmers often took the vastness of the land for granted. As Mark …

Rural Electrification

How Rural Electrification Transformed U.S. Farms

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

Life Before Electricity on the Farm In the early 1930s, life in rural America looked vastly different from city living. Roughly nine out of ten rural homes were without electric …