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  2. Crop-lien system - Wikipedia

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    The crop-lien system was a way for farmers, mostly Black, to get credit before the planting season by borrowing against the value of anticipated harvests. Local merchants provided food and supplies all year long on credit; when the cotton crop was harvested farmers turned it over to the merchant to pay back their debt.

  3. Agricultural subsidy - Wikipedia

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    Agribusiness: a display of a John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head. An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and ...

  4. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

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    An Act to promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land resources by temporary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a permanent policy of Federal aid to States for such purposes. Enacted by: the 74th United States Congress: Effective: February 29, 1936: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 74–461: Statutes at Large: 49 ...

  5. Agricultural Adjustment Act - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes.

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...

  7. Black Farmers Are Dispossessed. How Did We Get Here? - AOL

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    In contrast, 95% of US farmers are White, and since Black farmers own so much less acreage than White farmers, their average income is less than $40,000 annually. For White farmers, that average ...

  8. Commodity Credit Corporation - Wikipedia

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    That is, In July 2018, Trump's administration announced that it would use the CCC, to pay farmers up to $12 billion. This aid was increased to $28 billion in May 2019. [ 4 ] The CCC attempts to offset losses in the American agricultural sector resulting from retaliatory tariffs from the European Union, China, and other states. [ 5 ]

  9. Get Paid to Write: Top 18 Sites That Pay (up to $1 per Word)

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    Pay: About 6 to 10 cents per word (writer); 1 to 2 cents per word (editor) Categories/Topics: Varies by project. 8. Fiverr. Started in 2010, Fiverr is a freelance-service marketplace that has ...