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The agricultural crisis was, in fact, brewing for some time, and Russia's great land reclamation movement was simply a catalyst for the outbreak of the crisis.
After entering the 19th century, agricultural production technology developed very quickly, with crop rotation techniques being promoted across Europe, significantly improving land utilization rates.
New production tools were continuously being developed, heralding the era of mechanized agriculture and allowing a single farmer to cultivate more land.
During this period, agricultural output also began to grow substantially. The grain output of various countries was constantly breaking records, with Austria, for instance, maintaining annual grain production growth rates exceeding 3%.
