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An estimated 13.6 million soldiers, including a few women, served in the Wehrmacht, the German military forces, during World War II—drawn from a German population of about 80 million. [22] 4.3 million were killed during the war [23] The heavy military demand for manpower caused severe shortages of labor in Germany for both industry and ...
During World War II, soybeans became important in both North America and Europe chiefly as substitutes for other protein foods and as a source of edible oil. During the war, the soybean was discovered as fertilizer due to nitrogen fixation by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The hunger-winter of 1947, thousands protest against the disastrous food situation (March 31, 1947). American food policy in occupied Germany refers to the food supply policies enacted by the U.S., and to some extent its Allies, in the western occupation zones of Germany in the first two years of the ten-year postwar occupation of Western Germany following World War II.
The history of fertilizer has largely shaped political, economic, and social circumstances in their traditional uses. Subsequently, there has been a radical reshaping of environmental conditions following the development of chemically synthesized fertilizers .
In 1933 soybeans were trading at $0.39 cents per bushel. By 1948 the same soybeans were trading at $4.13 a bushel. There was nothing different about the beans themselves.
The history of the Haber process begins with the invention of the Haber process at the dawn of the twentieth century. The process allows the economical fixation of atmospheric dinitrogen in the form of ammonia, which in turn allows for the industrial synthesis of various explosives and nitrogen fertilizers, and is probably the most important industrial process developed during the twentieth ...
The nation’s first cooperative for processing soybeans opened in Henderson in 1941. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Ammonia from plants built during World War II to make explosives became available for making fertilizers, leading to a permanent decline in real fertilizer prices and expanded use. [86] The early 1950s was the peak period for tractor sales in the U.S. as the few remaining mules and work horses were sold for dog food.