Agriculture Contemporary Issues
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- 1600's
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Many farmers (96%)
Subsistence Agriculture - 1700's
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New Ag Developments
New Mechanics
Further Land Development - 1800's
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Morill Land Grant(A&M School)
Government Help
Education - 1910's
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Land Banks
Good Production
31% of Labor - 1920's
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Overproduction
Stock Market Crash (29)
Social and Work Programs
CCC and WPA - 1930's
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Dust Bowl
Ag Adjustment Act
Roosevelt
Taxes on Commodities
Cash Relief for Farmers - 1940's
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World War I
Women in Control of Farms - 1950's
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12.2% of Labor
Food Stamps
4-Wheel Drive
Starvation Scare (GI's back) - 1960's
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Chemical and Fertilizers
Agriculture Good
Good Access to Capital
Expansion - 1970's
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Farmers 4.6% of Labor
Large Scale Production
High Commodity Prices
Land and Interest Rates Soar - 1980's
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Getting Back on Feet
Bankruptcy, Forclosure, Etc.
Land High, Overproduction
No-Till Farming Popular - 1990's
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NAFTA
GPS Adapted to Agriculture
Mergers and Integration
Up and Down for most - Biotechnology Examples
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Pest Resistent
Animal Clones
Human Skin Grafts and Medical
Golden Rice and Safe Tobacco - Biotechnology Reasons
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Feed Population
Unblemished Products
Low-Cost Food
Safe Fruit/Meat/Food - Biodiesel
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Soybeans
B20 Most Common - Ethanol
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Corn, Sugar Cane, etc.
Availability Problems
Renewable
Flexible Fuel Vehicle (Leaf) - Other Alternative Energyf
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Electric
Hydrogen
Methane
Solar
Wind - USDA
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1862-President Lincoln Est.
"People's Department"
-Distribute Seed
-Gather and Distribute Info - Ag Adjustment Act
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1933 Roosevelt Administration
Paid to Produce and not to
Raise Prices (Commod. Scarce)
Raised Money from Taxes - Green Revolution
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1950's-1960's
New Variety (Genetics, Fert-
ilizer, Tech, Pesticides)
World Wide Boom
Targeted Mexico and Brazil - Jefferson
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Small Tracts of Land (Cheap)
Equal Opportunity
Promote Subsistence Farming
Won in Long Run - Hamilton
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Large Tracts (Like Europe)
Wealthy Only
Maximize Profit for Govt.
Plantation Style - Land Development
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Hamlet-Pie Shaped
Plantation-Large, Slaves
Western U.S.-640 Acre Squares