The Economics of Agriculture
Auctioneer
Four-row tractor corn planter
Mechanical Corn Picker
Farm foreclosure
Soil erosion
Conservation tilling
Cows and calves
Bank Closures
Iowa Farmers Strike
The Great Depression: Strike Turns Violent
Overproduction Leads to Low Prices
The New Deal Brings Relief
Cows in Southern Iowa, 1999.
Time Frame: 1999
Cows and calves in southern Iowa. Following the Civil War Iowa farmers turned to livestock production. Cattle were raised for meat, and dairy herds produced milk. 1999.
Lynn Betts
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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