Source: Eric O'Keefe, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 9/3/21


A long list of famous names with ties to American farmland have changed the course of history. Norman Borlaug takes top honors in the eyes of many. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Borlaug is credited with saving more than a billion lives thanks to the hardier strains of wheat he developed and shared.  The impact of visits with Iowa farmers by a former leader of the Soviet Union and the current leader of the People’s Republic of China is not easy to quantify.

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