history of ag

By treyw
  • Period: 600 BCE to

    Timeline

  • 500 BCE

    Plows

    Plows
    Farmers used domestic animals to pull an improved plow, by dragging a blade through the dirt allowing them to plant more seeds quicker.
  • 400 BCE

    Collar

    Collar
    Allowed the horse to pull harder without chocking itself allowing for more efficient farming
  • 300 BCE

    Plant Breeding

    Plant Breeding
    Ancient Greeks found a new way to breed plants with greater yields, by combining spores from the plant with better yields.
  • Wool

    Wool
    Revolutionized sheep and cattle farming by breeding animals, based on the traits, for better meat and wool production.
  • Darwin Article

    Darwin Article
    His article states "We can not suppose that all the breeds were suddenly as perfect and as useful as we see them now. Nature gives successive variations; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him. In this sense he may be said to make for himself and useful breeds."
  • Genetics

    Genetics
    New study's show that's genetic traits were passed down from plant to plant and can be used to make crops with better yields
  • Improved Crops

    Improved Crops
    With more studies, hybrid crop variants, like bigger and juicer berries were available on the commercial market
  • Green revolution

    Green revolution
    A plan to help less developed countries by sending them supplies to farm and grow crops.
  • Global Hunger

    Global Hunger
    Scientists fight the global hunger issues with high yield wheat that could be grown almost everywhere
  • 1 Billion

    1 Billion
    The first billion acer of GMO crop is planted
  • Drones

    Drones
    Farmers use drones to assist with growing and caring for cops