Agricultural Pioneer: Dr. Norman Borlaug
Inspecting ears of hybrid seed corn
Farmer Cutting Wheat
Carver and Wallace, Iowa Scientists
Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Farmer Cutting Wheat
Time Frame: ca. 1875
Illustration of farmer cutting wheat. Farmers in Iowa grew wheat that was processed into flour at local mills. Wheat production reached its peak in Iowa in 1875.
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