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1990-1992 'Better Times'
1990 was the end of the Cold War, which meant lots of change to the country. The main part about 1990s was that there were low interest rates which meant farmers had less debt. In 1992 George H. W. Bush signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (or NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, this got rid of barriers for trading between these countries which resulted in a dramatic rise in food exports. -
Genome research and animal cloning
Cloning reduces the number of unwanted/unneeded animals. For example, veal calves are commonly male offspring from dairy cows, since only female cows produce milk male cows aren't as useful in this case. Cloning makes sure there are more female cows for dairy. -
Food Safety and Efficiency
In the mid 1990s there was multiple food related deaths caused by unpasteurized fruit juice and undercooked fast food hamburgers. IN 1997 president Clinton launched 'The Presidents Food Safety Initiative' to reduce levels of bacterial contamination on livestock and rapid tests to identify germs in food. -
New Things
With the new millennium came many other things. New science, energy, technology and more. This impacted agriculture by making people over come new things, like international trade meaning worrying about new pests and diseases that can be transported along with product. Along with terrorists making a problem with trades. -
Ann M. Veneman
After president George Bush was sworn into office he chose Ann M. Veneman to be the 27th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ann grew up on a farm and was experienced with Agriculture. Ann impacted agriculture by playing a key role in getting rid of trade barriers and expanding trades even more for America. She has worked on many negotiations to help America and worked through diseases and outbreaks. -
China Joins The WTO
December 11, 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization after long negotiations that made them eliminate various tariffs and open agricultural trade. The WTO made rules for international trading and 'effective practices for a market economy'. This changed agriculture by making more trade options through the world. -
Using Google Earth
google earth was initially created to aid in urban planning, defense, and intelligence. People shortly after realised that Google Earth could be to explore cities and landscapes around the world, and even space. Farmers could use Google Earth to study geography and plot out land they could use for themselves. -
Using Cotton
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of cotton for wounds in July 2006. Cotton farmers will greatly benefit from this as more products in the US will begin to use cotton. This is changing is agriculture because it is giving cotton farmers money when someone buys it from them. -
Food Price Crisis
In late 2007 to 2008 the worlds food prices went up causing a crisis. Many countries experienced political problems and riots. This also negatively affected the poor because they could no longer easily afford the food they needed. This crisis made the US dollars value decrease, because of the increase of food price. We have now learned about this as a country and know how to prevent it. -
New Technology
Technology has taken part in agriculture for years before, but there are still new things coming. In 2012 the First Self-Driving Tractor
was introduced. This impacted agriculture heavily because now farmers can almost completely rely on technology for some things, which makes their jobs easier. -
Genetically modified food
Using genetically modified food seems significantly more productive to me. But I also don't know if this could be organic which changes things. GMO impacts agriculture by making foods like potatoes withstand conditions, stop browning, and makes sure their are no problems with the potatoes. -
Goals For the Future
With new technology and constant advancing America has made many plans for the future with Agriculture. One goal is 'Provide all Americans access to a safe, nutritious and secure food supply'. I think this has been our goal for awhile already. I also think it will impact agriculture positively, farmers will earn more money and citizens will have somewhere to get food, so its a win-win.
