Farmers had already been struggling before the Great Depression. During the 1920s, the modernisation of farming, including the use of new fertilisers and farm machinery, had led to overproduction.

Congress will need to either pass a new bill or an extension before Jan. 1, 2025, to avert going back to permanent law, ...

The story of the farmers who came to the Southern Plains ... ultimately leading to the Great Depression. One of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history, Seabiscuit was the long ...

Roosevelt, was desperately trying to recover from the shock of the Great Depression. Most citizens were too worried about getting food on their plates to even think about the plight of farmers in ...

He introduced monetary stimulus programs designed to ease the Great Depression, including Social Security. Workers received unemployment benefits, farmers were given assistance for failed (or ...

Farmers had also been encouraged to take ... Hoover had completely underestimated the length and the severity of the Great Depression. It wasn’t the normal cycle of ‘boom and bust’, but ...