In the post-World War I era lifted many farmers to new heights of success. There were two main reasons for this growth. Frist, by the time the war ended in 1918 European agriculture was in ruins. This forced European nations to look overseas for their food. Second, U.S. consumers dramatically increased their consummation of wheat, corn, and other agriculture products during the economic expansion of the 1920s. Many farmers expanded their farms and production to meet the soaring demands. The Great Plains even received an increasing amount of new farmers stripping even more land. After, the Europeans recover their agriculture the prices for farm commodities steadily fell. Commodity prices further fell after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, which
