In 1938, the Iowa State University Research Foundation (ISURF) was established to manage the collection of intellectual property…
In 1937, Hoegemeyer Hybrids was founded by H. Chris Hoegemeyer and his son, Leonard when the science of…
In 1935, Tyson Feed and Hatchery was incorporated and the company at that time provided three services: sale…
In 1933, the New World Screwworm (NWS) was first documented as a significant problem in the Southeast following…
In 1933, the Statistical Laboratory at Iowa State was established as the first research and consulting institute of…
In 1930, the name of the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration was shortened to Food and Drug Administration…
In 1930, the U.S. Congress passed the Plant Patent Act, recognizing for the first time that plant breeders’…
In 1930, Garst & Thomas Hybrid Corn Company was founded in Coon Rapids, Iowa, and from 1930-1945, U.S….
In 1929, the John W. Beaumont Memorial Tower on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus was completed. The…
In 1928, Embryo rescue (ER) was first used to obtain hybrids from wide crosses in crop plants known…
In 1928, Dr. Georgy Karpechenko at the botanical institute at Detskoje Selo, in Russia crossed radishes and cabbages,…
On Feb. 19, 1927, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) completed its first licensing agreement with the Quaker…
In 1927, George Washington Carver invented a process for producing paints and stains from soybeans, and was issued…
In 1927 an alliance was formed between Roswell Garst and Henry Wallace to develop and promote hybrid seed…
In 1927, The Danforth Foundation was a private, independent foundation established in 1927 by William H. Danforth founder…
On Nov. 14, 1925, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents filed the charter for the Wisconsin Alumni…
On Jun. 22, 1925, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents officially established the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation…
In 1925, Nikolai Vavilov led Russian plant hunters on the first attempt to “cover the globe” in search…
In 1923, more than 50,000 foreign plants had been introduced into the United States since 1862 by the…
On Jul. 8, 1921, the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association (Land O’Lakes) was founded in Saint Paul as a…
In 1920’s, Oregon State University (OSU) professor of horticulture Ernest H. Wiegand developed the modern method of manufacturing…
In 1918, geneticist Donald Jones invents the double-cross (the crossing of two single crosses) that moves hybrid corn…
On Feb. 24, 1914, the U.S. Supreme Court issued, in U.S. v. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company, its…
On Sept. 23, 1912, the William Marsh Rice Institute (Rice University) opened its doors on the anniversary date…
On Mar. 15, 1912, Dr. Harvey Wiley, “Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act,” resigned as chief…
On Jan. 20, 1912, a group of 11 northern Illinois farmers, bankers and county officials laid the foundation…
In 1911, Lue Gim Gong, aka the ‘Citrus Wizard of Florida’, successfully produced a new orange hybrid, known…
In 1910, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s first building, Connaway Hall, was built to house…
On Apr. 1, 1909, Arkansas State University was founded by Act 100 of the 37th Arkansas General Assembly….
In 1897, Lonza Electricity Works was established on the banks of river Lonza in Switzerland. The electricity was…