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The Seeds of Change  1600 - 1929 From Defeat to Victory  1930 - 1949 Prosperity and Challenges  1950 - 1969 Into a New Millennium  1970 - 2000 Information Age  2000 - present
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    The content of this timeline was supported in part by the National Center for Agricultural Literacy, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under Agreement No. 2004-38840-01819 and 2013-38858-21212 to the National Center for Agricultural Literacy at Utah State University. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on this website, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDA.