Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed drop sharply as farms use more tractors
Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed drop sharply as farms use more tractors
Increased use of herbicides and pesticides
U.S. cooperates with Mexico to prevent spread of foot-and-mouth disease 1950
Sterile flies used for screwworm control
Soybean acreage expands as an alternative to other crops
96% of corn acreage planted with hybrid seed
Gaines wheat distributed
Fortuna wheat distributed
Plant Variety Protection Act; Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Norman Borlaug for developing high-yielding wheat varieties
Molecular biologist Paul Berg pioneers the techniques that make possible the transfer of genes from one strand of DNA to another
Purcell winter wheat introduced
The first American patent for a genetically engineered organism, a bacterium used to clean up oil spills, is granted Biotechnology becomes viable for improving crop and livestock products
Antismoking campaigns and legislation begin to affect the tobacco industry
Biotechnology brings important new developments in dairy, corn, and other commodities; genetically engineered crops and livestock appear
USDA meat inspection programs modernized in response to concerns about food safety
Tobacco industry settles lawsuits; aid proposed to tobacco farmers
