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By 1997, Black farmers lost more than 90 percent of the 16 million acres they once owned in 1910, in part due to discriminatory loan practices, according to a study by the American Bar Association.
Another trade war could cost soy farmers $3.6 billion to $5.9 billion in annual production value, depending on how the dispute plays out, according to an October study from the National Corn ...
A Companion to American Agricultural History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022) Lauck, Jon. American agriculture and the problem of monopoly: the political economy of grain belt farming, 1953-1980 (U of Nebraska Press, 2000). Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela. ed. The Routledge History of Rural America (2018) Schapsmeier, Edward L; and Frederick H. Schapsmeier.
Fair trade is profitable for traders in rich countries. It is also aimed at richer farmers: in order to join Fairtrade, cooperatives must meet quality and political standards which means their farmers must be relatively skillful and educated. Critics point out that these farmers are, therefore, far from the poorest farmers.
A farm crisis is an American term for a time of agricultural recession, low crop prices and low farm incomes. The Interwar farm crisis was an extended period of depressed agricultural incomes from the end of the First to the start of the Second World War. The most recent US farm crisis occurred during the 1980s. [1] [2] [3]
John Boyd Jr. weighs in on a $4 billion debt relief program that was supposed to provide relief to Black The post Watch: Black farmers are being exploited in America appeared first on TheGrio.
Farmers in high protest states faced high price variability due to the pattern of prices that was influenced by the railroad network that linked the states. Although, there is evidence that the drop in transportation costs caused farmers with suitable soils to diversify their crops in order to take advantage of relative farm gate prices. [7]
A group of Black farmers has filed a motion to intervene as part of a Texas federal court battle over The post Black farmers fight back amid Texas lawsuit over $5B in debt relief appeared first on ...