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McCauley family farm

This common, yet remarkable story of the McCauley family is one that we should understand and appreciate. It directly relates to why scientific progress and new agricultural technologies have enabled us to feed the world s increasing population. The future of farm productivity will likely depend on whether present and future technology (e.g., herbicides, biotechnology, etc.) will be available to our farmers without burdensome or unjustified restrictions. [Pg.541]

David McCauley began his new fife with the purchase of 480A in the Wolf River Township of Doniphan County, Kansas. The McCauley family still owns and operates a family farm on some of that land, plus several thousand more acres added over the years. The McCauley farm began producing com as its major commodity in the late 1800s and has continued to pioneer com production into the 21st century. [Pg.542]

In connection with the war effort, some useful discoveries were made that were later important for agriculture. In 1942, P.W. Zimmerman and A.E. Hitchcock discovered the growth regulation property of 2,4-D, later widely used as a weed killer (Peterson, 1967). With the termination of the war in 1945, food rationing ended on all products except sugar (Redford, 1947). Sugar rationing was discontinued in 1947 (Rasmussen and Baker, 1952). Stanley McCauley returned to Kansas and the family farm. [Pg.544]


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