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The american doller increased oppertunites for ag exports. And now the ecomomy depended on trades for other countarys. -
Carson lane and aubrey
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The bill created a major controversy among farm groups, congress and admiistration. Admistration wanted to replace parity for flexable supports based on world market prices. Farm groups wanted the opposite they belived that their income would be lowered. -
Farmers made up 4.6% of the population In the 1970s.Now they make up a little over one percent. This shows how many farmers there were in the 70s. -
New pesitesides came out in the 70s and farmers started to adaobt to them. Increased forgin trade with the soviet union. -
The Opec refused to ship oil to the United States the price of oil then rose dramatically. The crisis affected farmers greatly cause now they couldn't pay for gas and the price of livestock and crops surged -
This law maximizes payments for commodities to 20,000$. Also gave provisions and guidence for many feilds of agroculture. -
because of European subsidies, and interest rates in the United States rose. Then President Jimmy Carter cancelled sales of American grain to the Soviet Union in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Compounding these problems, periods of drought during the decade affected many regions of the country -
During the 80s sevaral parts of the us had serouis droughts -
Farmers needed to become better business managers and computer users in order to succeed. -
It was in illinois it was a concert that help rasise money for farmers who where threated by losing their farms. -
It took up 14 labor hours to produce 100 bushels of corn on 2 acres and by 2002 it took under 3 labor hours to produce 100 bushels on less than one acers. -
farm bills were signed under president bush to move Ag in a market oriented direction.