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First weed and insect resistant are available commercially
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U.S. food canning industry established
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mixed chemical fertilizers sold commercially
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mason jars, used for home canning, were invented
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silos and deep-well drilling come into use
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Hybridized corn produced
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1st gasoline tractor was built by John Froelich
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Otto Rohwedder introduced his bread slicing machine
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Frozen food populized
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Spindle cotton picker produced commercially
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Mechanical tomato harvester developed
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96% of cotton harvested mechanically
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no tillage agriculture populized
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One farmer supplies 47.7 persons
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One farmer supplies 75.7 persons
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More farmers use no-till or low-till methods to curb erosion
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Sale of farm equipment rebounds
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One farmer supplies 100 persons
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Information technology and precision techniques increasingly used in agriculture
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Farmers begin using satellite technology to track and plan their farming practices
