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The Great Depression
People all around the world had no money to buy crops or the animals that farmers were producing. The drought also struck and made it impossible to plant and harvest crops needed. -
Dust Bowl
In the 1930s there were numerous dust storms that swept away top layers of useful soil from the farmers.Thousands of farmers were also forced to move because of these dust storms and harsh blowing winds. -
Agricultural Adjustment
Henry Wallace was a farmer as well as a geneticist and philosopher. Wallace had aimed his ideas on solving problems for agricultural needs. Yet he knew that no plan could be perfect. The agricultural adjustment act was opposed. -
Population and Productivity
In the 1930s the Population was somewhere around 122 million people, in the 1940s the population rose 9 million which means the farmers would need to produce more food to feed the people. -
More Government Programs
Many new government programs were announced, this was crucial to the economy especially the food stamps program. This program was important to poor families and their children because it provided them a surplus of food that they could not afford, which stopped a lot of the hunger around the world. Once relief was was flowing, the attitudes of the people improved. -
Farming on the Home Front
By the end of 1942 farm labor became scarce due to the government exempting 1,600,000 men from the draft. By the end of the war many food and fibers production reached record levels of amounts. -
Bill and Land grant colleges
After the war recovery period, Agricultural improvements continued with more research in animal science, human nutrition and soil conservation. When this bill got passed veterans were granted educational benefits, which led them to graduation and moving forward in the agriculture field -
Farming in Post War
After the war the farmers were working hard to prevent a post war depression because of their pre war depression. Four million acres of crops were planted in attempt to stabilize prices. A peaceful economy was formed. -
The Marshall Plan
In 1948 Congress passed something called the Marshall Plan. American farmers carried on doing their important work because Henry Wallace said that US has "moral responsibility to feed the hungry people of the world". Under the marshal plan livestock,seed, and fertilizer were shipped overseas -
Early Farm Bills
Two agricultural acts were passed, The agricultural act of 1948 and the Agricultural act of 1949. Both of these laws set up guidelines for the work of agriculture in the United States.
