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Western farmers sold wheat and corn as their cash crops.
To sell them and get cash/income
Because the cash crops that were sold which needed certain equipment in which farmers couldn't afford.
They hoped the crops would bring more money
Cash crops are important because they help farmers earn money to live on. They allow farmers to produce food for many people, instead of just their families.
In the 1700's small farmers were pushed out due to large farmers growing cash crops such as cotton, tobacco and sugar as opposed to subsistence farming. Large farmers created a situation where small farmers could either become tenant farmers or leave the farming industry all together.
farmers eat cash crops
Western farmers sold wheat and corn as their cash crops.
Regional farms did not support many cash crops.
To sell them and get cash/income
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers made their living from cash crops.
cash crops
Feed crops generated $23.2 billion in cash receipts on U.S. farms in 2001
Because the cash crops that were sold which needed certain equipment in which farmers couldn't afford.
Plantations.
cash crops
Cash Crops are important because they grow crops of coffee