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Humans used to be hunters and gatherer, they started to settle in communities and discovered farming and domestication of animals in the fertile crescent.
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Under the Han Dynasty, the agriculture improved (partly) because of increasing number of irrigation schemes, domestication of buffaloes to pull plows.
Around this time, rice was cultivated in southern Chine and millet in the north. -
Oxen and horses were used for power on famrs.
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Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. This invention contributes to the success of cotton as the Southern cash crop
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Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow.
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Thomas Moore of Maryland invented the icebox refrigerator. Moore's "refrigerator" was constructed by placing a tin box inside an oval cedar tub and filling the gaps between box and tub with ice. This made storing perishable products from the farms easier, giving them more shelflife.
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John Deere and Leonard Andrus begin manufacturing steel plows which increases farmers' need for cash and encourages commercia farming
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Sir John Lawes founded the commercial fertilizer industry by developing a process for making superphosphate.
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Improved irrigation began in Utah. This made farming possible in places that were far from water sources
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Hybridized corn was produced.
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Agriculture becomes increasingly mechanized and commercialized in the United States of America. This made farmers life easier.
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The first gasoline tractor was built by John Froelich
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The first business devoted exclusively to making tractors was established
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Otto Rohwedder introduced his bread-slicing machine, introducing us to slice bread
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Anhydrous Ammonia was engineered to be used as a cheap source of nitrogen, boosting yields
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Chelates (an organic chemical) were found to help protect plants against certain metal deficiencies, when used as fertilizer.
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Farmers using satellite technology to track and plan their farming practices.
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FDA grants first approval for a whole food production through biotechnology (FLAVRSAVR tomato)
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The first weed and insect-resistant biotech crops-soybeans and cotton are available commercially
