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North Korea invaded South Korea and our troops needed help. Agriculture played an important role in helping during the Cold War by providing our soldiers with food. Many farmers mass produced food to send of to Vietnam and citizens in the U.S. saved food and grew their own gardens to preserve the food supply.
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Overall 1950-1975 was the most dramatic change the U.S. has seen in Agriculture and research still continues today. This change allowed the U.S. to focus research on other things and help people around the world.
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When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected he felt that Agriculture lacked competition so he provided adequate research and education to get more people into the field and improve technology.
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The American diet began to change with the release of TV dinners and fast food. Agriculture still played a part in this by providing food and researching ways to keep frozen food a quality and stable product.
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There were many technological advancments during this time and some were new research to prevent insects from hurting farms, advancments to the quality of frozen food, and the most tractors ever seen. These advancments resulted in the eradication of the screwworm and more tractors than horses or mules on farms.
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Fertilizers and pesticides became cheaper which allowed farmers to become more productie during the early 1960's. Farmers could now produce twice as much corn per acre and now a farmer could feed 27 people instead of just 11.
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During the 1960's there was a lot of research done to improve farming such as automation, new diseases treated, new plants and animal species that provided variety, and food became cheaper to the American people.
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The United States Government passed the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 and the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 to provide guidance to the farming community.
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Dr.Rachel Carson was a scientist that was aware of the chemicals we were putting in the enviroment and presented the idea to Congress. This is when Earth Day started.
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In 1969 the FFA constitution was revised to allow girls to join the program. This is good because it brings more diversity into agriculture.
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Agriculture began to do things other than just food in this time and began to help make sure people had the essentials to live. They did more researh in nutrition and extended the food stamp program.
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By 1970 U.S. farms had grown 52% since WW2 and were now feeding most of the U.S. and people across the world.