TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit with an agricultural and financial blowback that hadn’t been seen in ...
The film narrates the struggles faced by farmers and ranchers on the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, highlighting their battle against drought and dust storms. It details the ...
Farm with huge dust cloud approaching, dust storm near barn. April 15, 1935. Boise City, Oklahoma.AP350415017—AP1935 Ken Burns has a gift for making documentaries that are not at all about today’s ...
When the drought and dust storms showed no signs of letting up, many people abandoned their land. Others would have stayed but were forced out when they lost their land in bank foreclosures. In all, ...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- As the damaging effects of the Midwest's drought pile up on its farms, so do the stresses. There are the withering crops. The looming bank loans. And, sometimes, the ensuing ...
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Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich.
The majority of family farmers aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
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