Farmers believed that their economic demise resulted from the low prices which they received for their produce. Statistics validate their belief as the price of agricultural produce did fall drastically during the closing decades of the 19th century. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, from 1870 to 1897, wheat prices fell from $1.06 a bushel to 63¢ a bushel, corn from 43¢ to 30¢ a bushel, and cotton from 15¢ a pound to 6¢ a pound. Most of the time farmers received even less for their produce.
Farmers refused to admit it, but the primary cause of their problem was overproduction caused by increases in acreage of farm land and increased yields per acre due to improved farming methods generated by newly created agricultural colleges.
Farmers faced Native American raids, poor growing conditions, droughts, disease, insects, and anything that would give farmers a hard time now. Farmers had to pay higher prices for transportation which caused less profit - crops prices fell which also caused less profit. The government issued greenbacks then retired them, causing an increase in the value of money in the circulation.
Lower prices for grain storage was a political goal for farmers in the 1800s.
neither republican or democrats satisfied the farmers.
become more dependent on banks and railroads
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Progressive is a group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800s.
midwestern farmers
Lower prices for grain storage was a political goal for farmers in the 1800s.
Lower prices for grain storage was a political goal for farmers in the 1800s.
Most farmers actually lived in the south.
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Prices for crops decreased, and costs for farmers increased
Farmers believed the metal poisoned the soil.
Yes
what problems city people face in the 1800s
They were called Boers.
Farmers faced many problems in the late 1800s. Some of them included unpredictable weather leading to ruined crops, transportation problems making it hard to get crops to market, and many found it difficult to get credit.
inflation