How did Agriculture Change?

While factories and other businesses grew, agriculture still remained an important postwar industry for Georgia. New technology such as tractors and processors helped those who remained on the farms by making planting and harvesting faster and more efficient.

In addition, FDR's New Deal and the wartime demand for crops finally gave farmers the financial motive and opportunity they needed to diversify their crops. As a result, the state no longer depended on cotton to be the main source of its agricultural income. Other crops, like peanuts and pecans, became increasingly important to Georgia beginning in the 1930's and 1940's. In fact, today, nearly half of the U.S. peanut crop comes from Georgia.