The History of Farming in America - American Farmlands

The history of farming in America. Includes sweeping photography of American farmlands, the history of the industry, and the economics and politics of agriculture. Great film.
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[@katen685]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

Glad you liked it :)

[@miftahultanipujasuma7382]

Hello friends, I'm a farmer from Indonesia. Greetings from me. Good luck, always healthy and prosperous, for all of us. and I hope that Indonesian farmers are getting more advanced, like in your country, the tools are sophisticated, and modern. I hope we can be friends, exchange knowledge and knowledge even through youtube and this virtual world amen 🙏🤝🤝🙏

[@TonyM132]

This video says "When the war ended," meaning late 1940s and 1950s, "the need for small family farms seemed about gone. Big corporations now owned much of America's farm land."
What??? I wasn't alive then, but I have talked to plenty of folks who were, and they all describe very different reality at that time. Small family farms clearly dominated American agriculture in the 1950s. It is often mentioned how people raised families by farming less than 100 acres in the midwest in those days. Farms were more diverse then, usually raising both crops and livestock. But just look at the farm equipment used then, Farmall H's and M's, John Deere A's, Oliver 70's... all made for small scale operations.

[@bradwigs75]

Very informative video. I'm glad I watched it!

[@16mmEducationalFilms]

Glad you liked it :)

[@SevenIn7]

Really good to know the farms were family run during the revolutionary war not requiring any other humans whatsoever.

[@cliffmays442]

But how much could they grow if they did not have plows, shoves, development of new varieties. My point is that a great deal of skill and input from many many non farmers was also vital. The ones who dug and smelted iron ore. Those who could that into the equipment the farmers needed. Are those people depended on the farmers? Of course, but the farmer was and is still today depended on them. And those workers depended on the knowledge of those who taught them.

[@jettblackmagick]

All this information is incredibly accurate, especially the parts about the land being free for the taking. We just kinda showed up and had all this land available, just like Sims. Nobody was here before. No one. Not a soul. We definitely didn't have any wars over land or take it from indigenous people.

[@jamesec8533]

If you keep watching, this short video does quickly address that a little bit later. I think it does a good job zooming through many years of history in about 15 minutes.

[@cliffmays442]

Yada yada yada. Yes everyone knows the history. This documentary did point this out. So your argument is mute. And how did the Lakota and other nations of the great lake get land in the great plains? Horses introduced and those nations drove out many of the tribes or nations that were there first. That never get mentioned. I am not defending the actions of the Americans in the taking of the land. But it is no different than what is part of human history, of which native Americans are apart. Ask the Pawnee about the Lakota, Dakotas, and Nakotas..

[@mr.bsshopandsciencepage5800]

Before Columbus bumped into Haiti and what is now the Dominican Republic, there were some 25 MILLION people in both north and south America. How you can state there was not a soul here and all this land was for the taking is beyond me.

[@fahriya7916]

@@mr.bsshopandsciencepage5800 Trule outrageous,

[@dandavatsdasa8345]

Too many people lacking skills and not fitting in.
Better 1-5 acre farming homesteads than innumerable suburban homes that are vulnerable and not self sufficient.
Thank you

[@marwadikavlog1796]

Hiii

[@hanamantsk3642]

Britishers called native Americans as Red Indians. When the name comes up its basically Native Americans.

[@joelsell9102]

when was this filmed its native americans! not indians

[@ArmpitStudios]

Settle down. It’s obvious when this was made, and Indian is what they were called, and they *still* are. Ever hear of the American Indian College Fund? That’s been around for a long time and isn’t changing its name just because of a bunch of hippies whining.

[@manb4war]

1:47 - It took time for these people to learn farming in North America. Seriously? They just kind of figured it out. No, that's why the Africans were brought here, they were master farmers who could get things to grow in almost any soil or terrain. This is pathetic revisionism

[@lockcolt5189]

please dont call them "Indians"

[@AngelPalominoFollowmeontiktok]

pls sTfu

[@shawnsoldworld4841]

Man he can't change the video

[@hanamantsk3642]

Britishers called native Americans as Red Indians. When the name comes up its basically Native Americans.