Important Dates
In this year...The Indians showed the Plymouth colonists how to grow crops such as corn, pumpkins, squash, and beans.
1607
The application of scientific principles and new technologies to agriculture.
Agriscience
The ______________ of 1914 was passed to establish a link between the state land-grant colleges and farmers. The Cooperative Extension Service grew from this.
Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension Act
This is Mississippi's #1 agriculture commodity bringing in around $3.84 Billion last year.
Poultry/Eggs
In this year...Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
1793
Dolly the Sheep was born in ____ and died in 2003 at 6 years old.
1996
The activities involved with the production of plants and animals and related supplies, services, mechanics, products, processing, and marketing.
Agriculture
In this year...The Morrill Act created land-grant colleges.
1862
________ is Mississippi’s number one industry, employing approximately 17.4% of the state’s workforce.
Agriculture
In this year...John Deere designed a one-piece wrought-iron plow in Grand Detour, Illinois.
1837
The discovery of the double helix, the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), by James Watson and Francis Crick marked a milestone in the history of science and gave rise to modern molecular biology in ______.
1953
The growing and management of living things in water
Aquaculture
The _________________ of 1917 provided federal aid to schools, particularly for vocational agricultural education.
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act
Mississippi ranks ____ in the U.S. for catfish production. We produce over 65% of the nation's farm raised catfish.
#1
In this year...Joseph Glidden developed barbed wire for use by cattle ranchers.
1850
In 1987, Monsanto started field trials with GMO biotech plants. It took until ____ to complete the tests. Farmers could now plant the soybeans, wait for the weeds and the crop to come up and spray once with Roundup.
1996
The use of science principals in growing and managing crops.
Crop Science
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted on January 1, 1994. Its goal was to open trade between the United States, Canada, and _______.
Mexico
This is Mississippi's #3 agriculture commodity bringing in around $1.3 Billion last year.
Forestry
Jethro Tull developed a planting machine.
1701
Insulin was discovered by Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the University of Toronto in ______.
1922
The study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants
Soil Science
The ______, passed in 1887, appropriated money for experiment stations in connection with the various agricultural colleges. These stations conduct investigations, undertake experiments in all fields of agriculture, and publish the findings of the experiments.
Hatch Act
This is Mississippi's #5 agriculture commodity bringing in around $624.5 Million last year.
Cotton
The first successful gasoline-engine tractor was built.
1901