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THE FARMING
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Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed drop sharply as farms use more tractors
Acreages of crops, such as oats, required for horse and mule feed drop sharply as farms use more tractors -
Increased use of herbicides and pesticides
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U.S. cooperates with Mexico to prevent spread of foot-and-mouth disease 1950
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Sterile flies used for screwworm control
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Soybean acreage expands as an alternative to other crops
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96% of corn acreage planted with hybrid seed
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Gaines wheat distributed
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Fortuna wheat distributed
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Plant Variety Protection Act; Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Norman Borlaug for developing high-yielding wheat varieties
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Molecular biologist Paul Berg pioneers the techniques that make possible the transfer of genes from one strand of DNA to another
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Purcell winter wheat introduced
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The first American patent for a genetically engineered organism, a bacterium used to clean up oil spills, is granted Biotechnology becomes viable for improving crop and livestock products
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Antismoking campaigns and legislation begin to affect the tobacco industry
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Biotechnology brings important new developments in dairy, corn, and other commodities; genetically engineered crops and livestock appear
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USDA meat inspection programs modernized in response to concerns about food safety
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Tobacco industry settles lawsuits; aid proposed to tobacco farmers
