Grasshoppers;
when swarming, known as locust.
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.
Over time, the farmers learned to build dams and channels to control the seasonal floods. They also built walls water ways, and ditches to bring water to their Field's. The farmers learned a certain way to water their crops, this way of watering crops is called irrigation. Irrigation allowed the farmers to grow plenty of food and support a large population.the dams are actually called a levee
By using the floods for the rich soil
There were many things true about Southern planters. Southern farmers often owned slaves, worked large plantations, and harvested crops like tobacco, cotton, and sugar.
In the nineteenth century South, white farmers primarily relied on a plantation system that focused on the cultivation of cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, and rice. They often employed enslaved African Americans as laborers to maximize their profits and maintain large agricultural operations. Many farmers also engaged in subsistence farming to support their families, but the economy was largely dominated by the wealth generated from slave labor and the export of these cash crops. This system contributed significantly to the social and economic structures that defined the region during this period.
Swarm of locust can be one that can destroy whole fields of crops.
Please restate the question with added information as to what exactly the question is. An example would be Why do farmers who procuce crops seem to commit suicide in large numbers lately?
Tenant farmers grew a large variety of crops.
the farmers depended on rainfall to water large crops
The answer is elevation
Infestation perhaps, but a plague of locusts.
4. General prosperity for all farmers
In many areas, grasshoppers are considered harmful insects. They have the ability to devastate large areas of crops and other important plants.
By destroying large numbers of harmful insects.
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.
They could not compete with large landowners who had slaves
The Virginia plantations could grow more crops and in larger quantities. New England had rocky soil and couldn’t support large fields of crops.