Top: Envious Bardolliar 3rd.-1st.Jr. Angus Bull Calf-Jr. & Gr. Champ E1-Jon Farms, Rose Hill, Iowa -Champ. Denver 1949. NWSS photo
Bottom: Grand Champion Angus Bull, DDA Dameron Northern LightDouble Diamond Angus of Chrisman, IL
Average age of a farmer: 1949 – 39 years old; 2012: 58 years old. Source: U.S. Census of Ag
The difference in the number of pages of the farm bills from 1949 to 2014, illustrate the increase of governmental involvement in agriculture. In 1949, the Agricultural Act of 1949 was 11 pages. In 2014, the bill was 357 pages long. (Journal photo by Holly Martin.)
Left: Champion Barrrow of Jr. Show-Champion Chester White Barrow of Jr. Show, Exhibited by Glen Geilenkirchen, Fort Collins, Colo. Champ Denver-1949. NWSS photo.
Right: Champion Market Hog, Nalaney Guyer of Robinson, IL NWSS Photo.
Milk production per cow: (bottom)1950 – 29 8oz. glasses of milk per cow per day; (top) 2014 – 152 8 oz. glasses of milk per cow per day. Source: USDA
This shows the differences between an average ribeye and the marbling between the 1960s and today. (Artwork supplied by Cattlemen’s Beef Board.)
