cash crops like rice tobacco and indigo
The main crop of poor subsistence farmers in the South was cotton. Cotton was a vital cash crop for these farmers, as it could be sold for profit and was in high demand for textiles.
Tobacco
Small farmers could lose their farms
Prices for in-demand cash crops are set in commodity markets. Therefore, small farmers relying of the crop will suffer low prices if a bumper crop is in excess elsewhere.
Prices for in-demand cash crops are set in commodity markets. Therefore, small farmers relying of the crop will suffer low prices if a bumper crop is in excess elsewhere.
For the farmers own Needs
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for the farmers own needs -apex
for the farmers own needs -apex
The farmers planted a huge crop.
low prices for crops debt to merchants reliance on a single crop
Crop rotation was important to farmers because it helped them out by making it easier to crop in the winter from different land in another state.