TIME LINE

MENDEL DISCOVERS HEREDITY INFORMATION AS DISCRETE UNITS IN 1863

• Mendel predicated the existence of units of heredity information that gets passed down to off spring
• They are called Punnett squares

CYRUS MCCORMICK INVENTS THE GRAIN REAPER 1834

• A reaper is a farming tool that reaps (cuts and gathers) crops at harvest
• Example of hand reaping: plucking the ears of grains directly by hand,

Benjamin Holt INVENTED THE TRACTOR1904

• A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed for the purposes of hauling a trailer
• Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power to do agricultural tasks,

US SUPREME COURT RULING: PATENTING GENETICALLY ALTERED LIFE FORMS 1980

• Most people refer to it as cloning
• You can clone your good animals to have better live stock

FDA RULING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS “NOT INHERENTLY DANGEROUS” 1992

• FDA’s 1992 policy genetically modified foods are regulated as ordinary foods, and not food additives
• one of the benefits of the voluntary consultation process was that it would permit the identification of unresolved safety

Dolly the sheep was cloned 1997

• They were just learning how to clone
• She gave birth to four lambs
• She was named after Dolly Parton

The Smith–Lever Act of 1914

• is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services,
• in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture,

FIRST HYBRID CORN 1933

• realized that hybrid lines could significantly outyield open pollinated lines
• Corn is considered the only important cereal crop that evolved in the Americans

THE CAST IRON PLOW

• the first English patent for a wooden moldboard sheathed with iron was issued to Joseph Foljambe.
• These cast iron plows were then imported to the U.S.

Chymosin introduced in food supply 1990 Chy-Max

• for cheese-making, is introduced to the marketplace and food supply
• Helps make production of block cheese.

Flav-R-Saver Tomato introduced (1992)

• a genetically modified tomato
• was the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.

MILKING MACHINE INVENTED 1878

• Ana Baldwin invented the milking machine
• Saves time by not having to milk each individual cow

Steel Moldboard Plow developed 1837

• The founder was John Deere
• The steal plow was a great invention

GOLDEN RICE DEVELOPED 2000

• Golden Rice is modified to provide beta-carotene in the rice grain
• it could potentially address widespread Vitamin A deficiency in poor countries where rice is a staple

PLANT GENOME FOR “ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA” SEQUENCED 2000

• sequencing and analysis of the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, the 'model' plant for research.
• It is a major milestone in biology

Cotton Gin invented 1793

• Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin
• His machine could generate up to fifty pounds of cleaned cotton daily

CORN PICKER INVENTED 1850

• Edmund Quincy invented the first corn picker
• It pulls the ear of corn from the stalks and husk

USDA publishes standards and official seal for organic products in 2000

• is the federal regulatory framework governing organic food.
• The NOP covers fresh and processed agricultural food products, including crops and livestock.

MORRILL ACT ESTABLISHED LAND GRANT COLLEGES 1862

• Michigan State University which is a model for the Morrill Act
• It allowed agriculture collages

Farmers begin using satellite technology to track and plan farming practices 1994

• GPS-based applications in precision farming are being used for farm planning Ect
• It helps them track and plan farming practices