Wheat Demand Transformed Mid-Atlantic Agriculture

Southeast AgNET · Oct 5, 2026

International Demand Helps Shape Colonial Farming Before 1720, agriculture in the mid-Atlantic colonies was largely based on small-scale farming operations. Many colonists relied on farming not only to feed their families and communities but also to generate products that could be exchanged for manufactured goods from overseas. Corn and flour became important commodities in the region’s trade with the West ... Read More The post Wheat Demand Transformed Mid-Atlantic Agriculture appeared first on Southeast AgNET.