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Replanting the same crops year after year in the same soil depleted the soil's nutrients. They did not practice crop rotation. Therefore, crops became smaller and lower in quality each year. This impacted their incomes and national economy, which relied (and still relies) on these crops.

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Q: What ecological soil problem was caused by southern farmers in the 1880s from growing cotton and tobacco year after year resulting in an economic problem?
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