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JUNE 2016 SEEDWORLD.COM 63 SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbersnewsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustryallcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1920 1923 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1961 1965 1970 1973 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Henry Wallace develops the first commercial hybrid seed corn. A MOMENT IN TIME This 1975 cover of Seed World features corn a symbol of agricultural greatness. In this issue S.M. McAshan Jr. who serves as chairman for Anderson Clayton Co. calls for An American Food Policy that would allow U.S. agriculture to thrive and better feed a growing global population. While the first field experiments involving GM crops were more than a decade away his words were prophetic American agriculture under maximum freedom of choice can continue to out-produce the world. As long as the world is producing more people faster than it is increasing food production there will always be a demand for everything American agriculture can produce. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1975 ISSUE 10.2 MILLION pounds is the tall fescue and seed crop in Oregon. 27.4 MILLION pounds of old crop seed is carried over in the United States as of June 30 the second-highest carryover on record. 200 MILLION is the annual revenue North Carolina farmers earn from vegeta- bles fruits and ornamental crops. 300000 acres of sunflowers are planted in the Texas High Plains a dra- matic increase from just 5000 acres the year prior. 500000 members comprise the National FFA Foundation. USDA and the Washington Oregon and Idaho ag experiment stations release foundation seed for Gaines a semi-dwarf winter wheat. The Plant Patent Act enables the patenting of new plant varieties. After rigorous testing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves the first pesticide-producing crop. Scientists successfully transfer the DNA from one organism to another giving rise to genetic engineering.