Answer:
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Explanation:
There was more demand, therefore increased prices.
By the end of 1941, farm income was higher than at any time since 1929. Between 1940 and 1945, net cash income for farmers increased from $4.4 billion to $12.3 billion. The average farmer went from a net income of just over $700 to over $2,063 – yet farmers still earned only 57 percent of what their urban cousins made.
When the U.S. officially entered the war, the need for food increased even more. Soldiers could fight only as long as they had food to fuel their bodies. So, farmers were exhorted to produce even more.
For example, Hormel had introduced the canned meat product Spam in the 1930s. It proved to be an ideal combat ration because it could be shipped easily and wouldn't spoil for long periods of time. By mid-war, Hormel was producing 15 million cans of Spam for the troops each week. Net sales doubled. Hormel was buying 1.6 million hogs each year, and 90 percent of the canned goods were going to the military.
Farmers were being asked to produce much more food with fewer workers, and in addition, they had to comply with a whole new set of regulations.
• To buy a tractor, the farmer dealt with the War Production Board that was more interested in steel for tanks than steel for tractors.
• To ship products to market, there were regulations to be met from the Office of Defense Transportation.
• Farm labor problems were handled by the War Manpower Commission.
• And the prices farmers got were set by Congress and Office of Price Administration.
• The War Food Administration handled USDA programs.
What had begun in the Depression as modest price support programs were now institutionalized, and farmers were becoming more and more dependent on the federal government.
