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Farmers adopted new pesticides and herbicides that were developed in the 1970s and allowed them to capitalize the foreign trade with the soviet union -
The low value of the money in the 1970s increased opportunities for agricultural exports. America's farmers could talk with excessive pride that they fed the world as the economy depended more and more on the trade overseas. -
During the 1970s farmers took advantage of good economic times to expand. They bought more land more expensive and better equipment and more farming supplies and services. Many farmers paid for the cost of expansion with low-interest loans but unfortunately the economy began to change in the late 1970s. -
fertile soil is one of the most valuable resources America possesses soil conservation is a high priority for the USDA. -
The Foot and Mouth Disease virus lurks in many herds around the world making accidental a constant threat the expectation of someday getting rid of Foot and Mouth Disease was raised in 1975 by news from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center an isolated, maximum security research facility off the coast of Long Island, N.Y. the researchers there had discovered that injection of a protein derived from a portion of the coating of Foot and Mouth virus and called VP3 benefits the disease. -
John Vollmer a third-generation tobacco farmer in N.C. decided to stop growing tobacco and start raising strawberries organically, it was an unexpected move for someone who describes himself as a chemical-oriented farmer. Since then his two acres of organic strawberries have been so successful that Vollmer brought another 25 acres into mixed fruit and vegetable production using the same soil and pest management techniques -
Catfish farming makes up a large percentage of the US aquaculture industry and typifies aquaculture in action. The life of a farm-raised catfish begins with the mating of genetically bred broodstock. -
Karl Kupers, an eastern Washington grain grower, was a typical dryland wheat farmer who idled his land in fallow to conserve moisture. After years of watching his soil blow away and his market price slip, he made drastic changes to his 5,600-acre operation. In place he planted more profitable hard red and hard white wheats along with seed crops like condiment mustard, sunflower, grass and safflower. -
In the 80s several areas of the United States suffered from serious droughts. Just as in previous years, droughts today still impact agriculture. A drought is a natural occurrence in nature that happens in an area when precipitation is less than normal for a period of time. Other factors that may make droughts more severe include periods of hot and windy weather. Droughts often have a serious impact on agriculture and the people that depend on it. -
On September 22, 1985 in Illinois musicians Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first FARM AID concert. The concert helped raise money for farmers who were threatened with losing their family farms. -
The Food and Security Act of 1985 was created and passed into law by the 99th Congress this farm bill was introduced by Representative E. de la Garza in the House Committee Agriculture, Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The bill was signed into law on December 23, 1985. The 1985 farm bill has 18 titles -
The Plants Database is part of the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. According to the USDA, the database contains "standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories