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Jan 17, 1500
Domestication of Animals for Agriculture, 5000 B.C.E
The energy of animals was being used for agriculture purposes. More food could now be produced with less human effort. This allowed the human population to expan, and more people began to live together in small settlements. This has a low impact on the environment as no machinery was used therefore no greenhouse gases were exhibited. Few ecoomic benefits as agrigiculture was used primarily for the purpose of survival. -
Agricultural Revolution, 18th Century
The agricultural revolution was a period of agricultural development, which saw a massive and rapid increase in agricultural productivity and vast improvements in farm technology. It was the development of crop and animal raising as a food source among human communities to supplement hunting and gathering. With more machinery and land usage there were many negative human and environmental impacts as more greenhouse gases were omitted,yet the economy benefited greatly with the production of goods -
The Invention of the Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are processed into clothing or other cotton goods, and any undamaged seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil and meals. Cotton became a popular business largley benefiting the economy, creating a strong demand for textile machinery and had little effect on human health & the environment. -
Invention of the Cradle (grain)
The cradle is a form of the scythe, which is an agricultural tool used to reap grain. The cultivation of grain improved the process of the sickle which was to pull grain, leaving sheaves of grain to be gathered. The long handles of the cradle allowed the farmer to work standing up, improving the process, and revolutionizing the harvesting of grains. There was no impact on human health and environment and many of the smaller farms were not designed for it not making the cradle economical. -
Creation of the Steel Plough
The plough is a farm tool with one or more heavy blades that breaks the soil and cuts a furrow for sewing seeds without clogging. Made with wrought iron and had a steel share that could cut through praire ground, greatly assisting the Great Plains Farmers, allowing farming to increase. It could work the soil leading to more successful farming settlements in the midwest and could also plant crops faster and more effectivley. -
Invention of the Tractor
A tractor a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially (and originally) tillage. Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised. The engine and gas emissions of the tractor produce greenhouse gases increasing the greenhouse effect and highly impacting human health. However the are great economic benefits as the tractor is efficient. -
Creation of Farm Silos
Farm silos are storage structures for silages and high-moisture grains used for livestock feeds. Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos, and bag silos. Minimal impact on human health and the environment, and great economic benefits. -
Production of Hybridized Corn
Hybrid corn is a strain produced by fertilizing one variety of corn plant with the pollen from another. Hybrid corn produces up to 30 per cent more corn for each acre. Stalks and roots are stronger, allowing the plant better to resist toppling by the wind. Hybrid strains have been developed to produce plants adapted to such conditions as drought, dampness, or cold. Hybirds accounted for more than 70% in of the corn in the Corn Belt in the 1940's providing many summer jobs and no e -
The Green Revolution
The Green Revolution is a series of research,development, and technology transfer initiatives that increased agriculture production worldwide. It spread technologies that already existed, but had not been widely implemented outside industrialized nations.These technologies included modern irrigation projects, pesticides, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, posivitley impacting the environment and human health through it's sustainable and renewable methods, as well as the economy though efficiency -
No-Tillage Agriculture Popularized
No-till farming is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till is an agricultural technique which increases the amount of water that infiltrates into the soil and increases organic matter retention and cycling of nutrients in the soil. Studies have found that no-till farming can be more profitable if performed correctly.
Less tillage of the soil reduces labour,fuel, irrigation and machinery cost. It causes less erosion.
