How Did The Dust Bowl Affect The Economy

The first reason the Dust Bowl negatively affected the economy is farmers are going out of business.For example, ¨The massive dust storms forced farmers out of business.”(Amadeo). It was hard to farm with all the droughts and wind from the dust storm, the dust would cover their equipment and their wasn’t any rain with all of the droughts.So many farmers were going out of business, and they were greatly affected. “ In order to increase productivity, farmers mechanized production and cultivated moreland.” (Boone). Farmers kept on farming land hoping that they could make enough money and stay in business. It was an endless cycle and they wouldn’t even let the soil replenish. They thought it was a good idea, that would help the economy
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