OBJECTIVE 8.5 DETERMINE THE ADVANCES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE INDUSTRY. ADVANCING THROUGH TIME

INVENTIONS A – Invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney B – Cyrus McCormick reaper patented C – John Deere began manufacturing steel plows D – Sir John Lawes founded the commercial fertilizer industry

CONTINUED…. E – First American agriculture revolution 1. Change from hand power to horses F – Barbed wire invented 1. Ended era of open-range grazing G. 1870s – Refrigerator cars introduced 1. Increase national markets for fruit and vegetables

CONTINUED…. H – Hybridized corn produced I – John Froelich built first gasoline tractor J – George Washington Carver found new uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans 1. Diversifies southern agriculture K – Open-geared gas tractors introduced

CONTINUED… L – Frozen foods popularized M – Second American agriculture revolution 1. Change from horses to tractors 2. Increased technological practices 3. Increased productivity per acre

CONTINUED…. N. 1980s & 90s – Biotechnology becomes viable for improving crop and livestock products – Monsanto sells bovine somototrophin to dairy farmers to increase milk production – Tomatoes are genetically modified to delay the ripening process so they could be shipped and arrive to be sold – USDA approves the sale of Roundup Ready soybeans and cotton – USDA approves the sale of genetically modified corn – Scottish scientists cloned a sheep, Dolly

CONTINUED…. O – Satellite technology becomes popular to track and plan farming practices 1. Precision agriculture

ASSESSMENT 1.What year was the cotton gin invented? 2.Who invented the grain reaper? 3.What year did Sir John Lawes find the commercial fertilizer industry? 4. When was the 1 st American Agriculture Revolution? The 2 nd ? 5.What are the various events that took place in the 1990’s?