Agricultural Timeline

By brookebryant10

  • Cotton Gin invented

    Eli Whitney invented it. It;s used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed.

  • Cast Iron Plow patented

    It was made by Charles Newbold. The moldboard, share, and land-side were all cast together,
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    Agricultural Timeline

  • Cyrus McCormick invents the grain reaper

    It could harvest more grain than five men using the earlier cradles. Cyrus McCormick built a reaper factory in Chicago.

  • Steel Moldboard Plow developed

    John Deere invented it mostly because of farmers in the Midwest. It helped to "tame the land."

  • Corn picker invented

    Edmund Quincy invented it. It pulls the ears of corns from the stalks and husks.

  • Morrill Act established Land Grant Colleges

    It was a major boost to high education in America. There were several of these grants.

  • Mendel discovers heredity information as discrete units

    It didn't say the month & day so I just put the year. It requires me to put a month & day.
    Mendel artifically crosspollinated pea plants with different traits. Gregor Mendel was one of the earliest people to conduct scientific research int he field of genetics.

  • Milking machine invented

    Ana Baldwin created it. It was made to speed up the milk process.

  • Tractor invented

    The first engine-powered farm tractors used steam. They were used for road haulage and by the timber trade.

  • Smith-Lever Act establishes Extension Service

    It was enacted by the 63rd United States Congress. It was an act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges.

  • First Hybrid Corn

    Scientists worked on creating the hybrid corn in the late 1800s. 1% of corn planted in the U.S. represented hybrids.

  • -US Supreme Court Ruling: Patenting Genetically Altered life forms

    The case was known as Diamond v. Chakrabarty. The court voted five to four to allow a genetically modified strain of bacteria to be patented.

  • Chymosin introduced in food supply

    Chymosin was the first product of genetic engineering. Regulators ensured that there were no toxins.

  • Flav-R-Saver Tomato introduced

    It was sold commercially. It stayed firm through shipping.

  • -FDA ruling genetically engineered foods “Not Inherently Dangerous”

    The 1992 policy adresses the labeling of foods derived from new plant varieties. Also, the policy doesn't require special labeling for bioengineered foods.

  • Farmers begin using satellite technology to track and plan farming practices

    It helped with data collection.The first satellite with the second civilian signal was introduced fir the first time in 2005.

  • Dolly the sheep was cloned

    Dolly was born July 5th, 1996. Dolly was named after Dolly Parton. It usually only bre don two occasions.

  • Golden Rice developed

    It was produced through genetic engineering. It was developed as a humanatarian tool.

  • Plant genome for “Arabidopsis thaliana” sequenced

    It was the first plant genome to be sequenced. It's a small flowering plant.

  • USDA publishes standards and official seal for organic products

    It is a label for organic products. In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act.