As many know the agriculture business has grown very much over the years with many companies contributing to it. Cargill is one of those many companies. Cargill is an American company which was founded in 1865. They are also the largest United States privately owned corporation. They have products like chocolate, edible oils, flour, and sugar.

Cargill is the largest United States privately owned corporation and was ranked as #1 feed producer in Oct/Nov 2015 feed international top companies report. They’ve also been called one of the most trusted sources of sustainable products and services.

Tyson is another big contributor. They fall behind cargill as the 2nd largest US privately owned corporation. They started during the Great Depression in 1935 in Springfield Arkansas when John W Tyson moved his family there for new opportunities. There he found thousands of chickens and began delivering them to the Midwest. He incorporated it in 1947 as Tyson Feed and Hatchery, Inc. and began selling baby chicks, feed, and the transportation of chickens to market. Ever since then his company was slowly gaining more and more popularity, and in 1963 John’s son decided to make the company public. Unfortunately shortly after in 1967 John and his wife, Helen, lost their lives in a terrible automobile-train accident. After his father’s death, Don took his place as chairman and CEO.

There are many companies that have contributed to the growth and history of agriculture industry. John Deere is one of the biggest ones. They started in 1837 and provided very simple tools like plows and shovels. In 1895 they started an agricultural journal called “The Furrow”. By 1907 it had 500,000 readers and is now sold in 115 countries.

Although John Deere’s invention was a very big advantage to the farmers and helped feed billions it also helped cause mass erosion. Due to this waterways get polluted and farmland is damaged. Some species have also gone extinct due to the habitats for wildlife being damaged. The dust bowl was also a result of this, without the roots of the soil to hold the dirt in place dust completely buried many towns.

The history of agriculture began in the fertile crescent in the early 1900’s. Also called the “cradle of civilization” the fertile crescent is a fertile area of land in the middle east. In Egypt and Mesopotamia groups of people started digging and repairing canals which helped control the flow of rivers. The Nile river also had annual floodings which was a big disadvantage for ancient farmers, but eventually sophisticated irrigation systems were developed and have been improving ever since.

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