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Cold war
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.Once again the United states re-armed,with agriculture played a huge part.The US department of agriculture was ordered to increase agriculture production for the war.Then they increased the government's commodity support payments to farmers and shrank the glut of overproduction farm products. -
Modernization and farming
Farm land was around two hundred and thirteen acres and then it increased and the acres were growing.Commercial farms were increasing too.Mainly because they were more efficient and productive.Many farmer goals was to rapidly shift agricultural economy.Farmers who owned smaller farms had to seek extra income from other employment, or form "cooperatives" to compete with large-scale commercial agriculture enterprises. -
Cold war invasion
The USDA also stepped up research during the war, in order to assist the military in solving the scores of new problems brought on by modern warfare. New fabrics were developed to help shield soldiers from burns, and to help protect wounds from infection. -
Green revolution
USDA agronomist S. Cecil Salmon discovered a small, or dwarf, variety of wheat with a heavy head of grain called Norin No. 10. For the next couple years other Department of Agriculture researchers bred many varieties of this wheat.Eventually they developed a highly productive strain called the Gaines Dwarf. An American scientist working in Mexico, bred the Gaines Dwarf for the tropics and introduced his new varieties to India during their famine in the 1960s. His work saved a billion lives. -
Fruit of Research
USDA research led to development of irrigation systems and new products like permanent press cotton fabrics that could compete with synthetics. A range of crop and livestock diseases were identified, researched and treated. Better breeds of animals, and new plant varieties provided even more abundant and inexpensive food for Americans.That caused advancements in transportation and storage. -
Increases in farm productivity
Low cost fertilizers, such as anhydrous ammonia, were widely used to renew the nutrients in exhausted soil. New pesticides and herbicides also led to even greater increases in farm productivity. By 1960 a farmer could produce sixty bushels of corn per acre, compared to only thirty bushels of corn per acre in the late 1940s. By 1961 one farmer could feed twenty-seven people, compared to feeding only eleven people in 1940. -
Farm bill
FARM BILL:1960, farm bills,In the 1960s, the United States government passed two farm bills into law including the Food and Agricultural Act of 1962 and the Food and Agricultural Act of 1965.The farm bill extends authorizations of discretionary programs. -
The Great Society
A program was created by the president called,The Great Society to help solve social issues like rural poverty.Many of America's farming communities could expect a standard of living comparable to that of the nation's urban dwellers.Orville Freeman stated,"America stood above all nations"because of scientific agriculture.The programs changed the economic landscape forever. -
First earth day
People became more aware of pollution during the 1960s and how it affected the environment.Dr. Rachel Carson condemned the widespread use of chemicals in the environment in her controversial book Silent Spring.Her 1963 testimony before Congress led to dramatic changes in the years ahead. The need to conserve and protect the environment became clearer to the American public. -
The food for peace expansion
This program was created to help create the result from the great increase in agriculture productivity.This authorized the USDA to buy surplus U.S farm products.The spending from the program was almost $22 million and was active in 52 countries. -
The goal to end world hunger in the US
Richard M. Nixon became President in 1969. Although his administration was heavily involved in trying to end the Vietnam War, he also set a goal to improve nutrition for Americans. President Nixon convened a conference in 1969 to explore ways to help Americans suffering from malnutrition. "The moment is at hand to put an end to hunger in America for all time," he said. -
Girls allowed to join FFA
Delegates voted specifically to exclude females from becoming members in the 1930s , and denied their contributions made in the field of agriculture for over a century. Women worked to prove themselves during World War I and World War II. When men signed up to fight, food production became a problem.The Women's Land Army (WLA) grew from the need for volunteers to work on farms to produce food for the nation. By the end of the war, over 18,000 women served as "Farmerettes".