Historical Facts:
1959—Mechanical tomato harvester developed.
1964—National Food Stamp Act passed.
1970—Plant Variety Protection Act passed.
1979—Grain embargo imposed against the Soviet Union following its invasion of Afghanistan.
1981—Soviet grain embargo lifted.
1987—Less than three hours of labor and about one acre of land are required to produce 100 bushels of corn, with one farmer using a tractor, 5-bottom plow, 20-foot tandem disk, planter, 20-foot herbicide applicator, 12-foot self-propelled combine and trucks.
1988—U.S. –Canada free trade accord ratified.
1990—Yeast for baking bread was the first biotech product available worldwide. It was introduced in England.