Category Archives: Focus on Agriculture
USDA Releases New Maps Identifying Major Crop Producing Areas: Cattle
A total of 40 new maps have been prepared, showing major crop-producing areas in the United States, China, India, Pakistan, and South Africa. Earlier versions of these maps appeared in the Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles (MWCACP) handbook that contains … Continue reading
Then and Now: Food Prices Over the Past 100 Years
There is no question that things have changed more in the last 100 years than they did in any other 100 year span in history. From the atom bomb to the smart phone and the moon landing to the color … Continue reading
Smithsonian Launches Agricultural Innovation Donation Website
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History today launched an Agricultural Innovation and Heritage Archive website through which people can donate objects into the national collections for a new “American Enterprise” exhibition scheduled to open in 2015. Partnering with the American Farm … Continue reading
USDA Releases New Maps Identifying Major Crop Producing Areas: Barley
A total of 40 new maps have been prepared, showing major crop-producing areas in the United States, China, India, Pakistan, and South Africa. Earlier versions of these maps appeared in the Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles (MWCACP) handbook that contains … Continue reading