-falling prices of wheat-rising costs of shipping grain-increasing prices of elaborate machinery-small farms couldn't compete with larger farms
Some of the common causes of farmers economic problems included the rising cost of inputs such as seeds and fertilizers. Market side problems included those such as unfair competition from cheap imports and changes demand due to embargos.
It does seem to be a useful strategy, although it can be abused (as for example in Zimbabwe, where land in recent years has been arbitrarily seized from white farmers and redistributed to people who don't know how to farm, causing massive food shortages and general economic collapse).
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-falling prices of wheat-rising costs of shipping grain-increasing prices of elaborate machinery-small farms couldn't compete with larger farms
It distributes to agriculturalists the results of scientific studies of farm problems. It's primary interest is in the economic welfare of farmers.
They had to borrow money to buy seed, fertilize, and equipment
Some of the common causes of farmers economic problems included the rising cost of inputs such as seeds and fertilizers. Market side problems included those such as unfair competition from cheap imports and changes demand due to embargos.
The economic depression caused the farmers plight in the late nineteenth century. This had caused them to pay excessive shipping and storage prices. The farmers proposed to resolve these problems by taking control of the government so as to regulate these prices.
American farmers faced economic challenges in the 1880s due to falling crop prices, high debt levels, and monopolistic practices by railroad and grain companies. Many farmers organized alliances and movements to advocate for their rights and push for reforms to improve their economic conditions. These challenges eventually contributed to the populist movement.
It does seem to be a useful strategy, although it can be abused (as for example in Zimbabwe, where land in recent years has been arbitrarily seized from white farmers and redistributed to people who don't know how to farm, causing massive food shortages and general economic collapse).
no farmers werent successful in bringing about political and economical change because they had experienced a huge crisis that sone critics blamed on shortage of gold. and the failure of several major railroad companies also contributed to the economic problems.
debtors
Economic aid to farmers and landowners
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Farmers dug deep well to get water