weather

How Weather Shaped Early American Agriculture

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An American Agriculture History Minute with Mark Oppold Early American farming was never just about the land—it was about the weather. In this American Agriculture History Minute, agricultural historian Mark …

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The Westward Expansion of American Agriculture: Wheat, Corn, and the Rise of Dairy Farming

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Agriculture’s Early Push Toward the West As America grew in its earliest decades, farming advanced steadily alongside the movement of settlers. In an American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold explains …