Question

Use the cause and effect table to answer the question.

Cause and Effect of Crop Overproduction on Farm Income
Cause | Effect
? |Farm income dwindled, and agricultural prices plummeted even further.

Which cause best completes the table?

(1 point)
Responses

Farmers overproduced crops in an effort to recover their losses.

Farmers overproduced crops in an effort to recover their losses.

Farmers borrowed against future production to expand their farms.

Farmers borrowed against future production to expand their farms.

Farmers neglected to take advantage of good growing conditions.

Farmers neglected to take advantage of good growing conditions.

Farmers knew little of the government's generous farming policies.

Answer 1

Farmers overproduced crops in an effort to recover their losses.

Reason: Excess production increased supply beyond demand, causing prices to fall and farm incomes to shrink further.