What was the factor of drametic expansion of wheat in USA
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Urban population was also increasing rapidly. Due to the increase in population, the demand for foodgrains increased. Usually, the population increase was followed by a period of food shortages or famines. This didn't happen in USA. The production of wheat increased with the population growth.
It was the time of World War 1 and Russian wheat supplies were cut off. USA had to feed Europe during this period. For that, the president of US asked the farmers to cultivate more wheat. The farmers in greed for profit began to enclose and cultivate wheat on vast streches of land. This increased the wheat production rate in USA. The world export market prices boomed and wheat prices rose rapidy. This encouraged many farmers to start growing more wheat. Like this USA's wheat production coped up with the increasing population and War needs as well.
This increase in cultivation was also the result of the invention of modern technologies. Tractors, disk ploughs, mechanical reapers, harvesters and threshing machines came up and helped the farmers and huge landowners harvest more crops in a less period of time.
So much wheat was produced during this period that soon USA became known as the bread basket of the world.
This huge wheat production had a huge aftereffect. A lot of wheat was grown during the war time that in the post war years, there was a huge surplus. Graneries and werehouses overflew with grain and a lot of wheat was converted into cattle feed. Wheat prices fella and export markets collapsed. IT created grounds forthe Great Agrarian Depression of the 1930s.
It was the time of World War 1 and Russian wheat supplies were cut off. USA had to feed Europe during this period. For that, the president of US asked the farmers to cultivate more wheat. The farmers in greed for profit began to enclose and cultivate wheat on vast streches of land. This increased the wheat production rate in USA. The world export market prices boomed and wheat prices rose rapidy. This encouraged many farmers to start growing more wheat. Like this USA's wheat production coped up with the increasing population and War needs as well.
This increase in cultivation was also the result of the invention of modern technologies. Tractors, disk ploughs, mechanical reapers, harvesters and threshing machines came up and helped the farmers and huge landowners harvest more crops in a less period of time.
So much wheat was produced during this period that soon USA became known as the bread basket of the world.
This huge wheat production had a huge aftereffect. A lot of wheat was grown during the war time that in the post war years, there was a huge surplus. Graneries and werehouses overflew with grain and a lot of wheat was converted into cattle feed. Wheat prices fella and export markets collapsed. IT created grounds forthe Great Agrarian Depression of the 1930s.
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