Farmers often went into debt due to a combination of factors, including fluctuating commodity prices, rising costs for equipment and supplies, and the need for capital to invest in land and technology. Poor weather conditions and crop failures could also severely impact their income, forcing them to borrow to cover expenses. Additionally, aggressive lending practices and high interest rates from banks and lenders exacerbated their financial struggles. This cycle of debt made it difficult for many farmers to achieve financial stability.
Farmers were in debt because they were paid little amount of money.
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Farmers that could not pay their debts, the amount of land they had was used to paythem off.
the quickest way to for farmers to repay that dept: cash crops
Sell their crop and pay with the money they earned from the selling.
Farmers were in debt because they were paid little amount of money.
The Farmers caried on farming like they did before planting crops and then harvesting them. They also went into a lot of debt because they were still producing a lot of crops like they had been in WWI. This caused the price for these goods to go down, and many farmers had to go into debt. Then many of them would be kicked off their land because they couldn't pay their debt or the banks they were in debt to went bankrupt.
New technology helped send farmers into debt
They had to buy supplies by borrowing money
Demands for crops fell as farmers debt rose.
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New technology helped send farmers into debt
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they thought inflation would help them out of debt. many farmers were caught in a cycle of constant debt.
The debt-ridden farmers found the populist and greenback parties back in the late 1800's
After the Civil War, the farmers debt increased. The reason for this is because the crop prices went way too low.