history of ag

By treyw
  • Period: 600 BCE to

    Timeline

  • Plows
    500 BCE

    Plows

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

    Collar

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

    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