1700's-mid 1800's
mid 1800's-early 1900's
1900's
100

invention of the cotton gin

1793

100

Barbed wire invented

1867

100

open geared gas tractors introduced

1910-1915

200

1834

McCormick reaper patented

200

1870's

Refrigerator cars introduced

200

frozen foods popularized

1941-1945

300

1837

John Deere began manufacturing steel plows

300

1881

Hybridized corn produced

300

2nd american agriculture revolution

1945-1970

400

Sir John Lawes founded the commercial fertilizer industry

1843

400

first gasoline tractor - DAILY DOUBLE

1892

400

1980's-1990's

Biotechnology becomes viable for improving crop and livestock products

500

1st american agriculture revolution

1862-1875

500

1900-1910

George Washington Carver found new uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans

500

1994

Satellite technology becomes popular to track and plan farming practices
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