History of Agribusiness

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Across
  1. 4. A system where goods and services are exchanged directly without using money.
  2. 8. The first commercially successful what was built in 1920
  3. 10. What was invented in 1793?
  4. 12. In the early 1800s, about 90% of the population in the U.S. lived on what?
  5. 14. Who invented the first seed drill?
  6. 16. What invention combined several farming tasks—reaping, threshing, and winnowing—into a single machine?
Down
  1. 1. Who built and patented the first combine harvester?
  2. 2. business sector encompassing farming or related activities
  3. 3. Who invented the cotton gin?
  4. 5. The process by which humans selectively breed and adapt wild animals or plants for their own use
  5. 6. A method of farming that uses large-scale industrial operations to produce livestock, poultry, and crops.
  6. 7. What invention allowed farmers to plant seeds in neat rows at a consistent depth, improving seed germination rates and efficiency?
  7. 9. Who is generally credited with inventing the first successful tractor in 1892?
  8. 11. In 1940, one American farmer was able to feed approximately how many people?
  9. 13. John Deere invented what in 1837
  10. 15. The first self-propelled what was built in 1886