Agricultural sciences: Quick Facts

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Justus von Liebig

insecticide application

Rows of pigs crowded in metal pens inside a large, roofed breeding facility with slatted floors and feed dispensers.

Rows of genetically modified barley plants grow in an outdoor test plot in Germany, with a yellow marker labeled 3 and protective netting overhead.

Analyzing a pig's walk to predict health problems

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forestry gardening horticulture olericulture Office of Experiment Stations silviculture pomology enology range management Agricultural economics social science physical science Earth sciences Farm management Farm building Draft animal harvest machine-tractor station Farm machinery Kraal

Key People

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Kim Soon-Kwon

South Korean agricultural scientist

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Wilbur Olin Atwater

American chemist

King, Franklin Hiram

Franklin Hiram King

American inventor

Farrer, William James

William James Farrer

Australian agriculturalist