For nearly a century, the Codys farmed barley and rye in Alamosa, Colorado, before opening their malting company and brewery.
The Farm Credit Act of 1933 establishes a local ... Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country ...
and a partnership between government agencies and farmers to develop new farming and conservation methods. The Dust Bowl chronicles this critical moment in American history in all its complexities ...
Stories like these help policymakers and others understand why the Farm Bill, which was first started during the Dust Bowl to provide money for farmers and guidelines for soil conservation ...
Thousands of families simply abandoned their farms altogether. In 1929, an unprecedented decade of drought, known as the Dust Bowl, hits parts of the Canadian prairies. (National Archives of ...