Why did the 2nd agricultural revolution occur?
Rising food prices allowed farmers to buy new technologies. This rise in food prices was most likely due to the rapid population growth occurring in England's cities. The population growth and the new technologies came from the industrial revolution. Railroads invented in the industrial revolution, allowed farmers to bring their crops into cities easier and faster without the food rotting. This allowed farther out farms to feed more people. New ideas from the Dutch allowed farmers to better manage the soil, by using crop rotation. The rapidly expanding British Empire brought in more food items to trade from the Americas and other colonies. This gave farmers more variety in their planting and allowed them to make more money by selling their products at the markets. Farmers started to make money and started to move away from substance agriculture. The farmers that were making money bought more land and machines which made their farms more efficient at food producing.