St. Louis and the Rise of American Agriculture - This Land of Ours Southeast AgNET

St. Louis and the Rise of American Agriculture - This Land of Ours Southeast AgNET

The River City That Shaped American Agriculture “I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute…” The importance of St. Louis when looking at the history of American agriculture cannot be overstated. In the mid-19th century, as the nation expanded westward and farm production increased, St. Louis stood at the center of America’s agricultural transformation. Long before railroads dominated transportation, river systems powered trade.…