Police barricade East Capitol Street NE outside the U.S. Capitol Building, while tractors, one displaying a sign that reads "What in the hell does Shah-Carter know about human rights?," park along the side of First Street NE during the American Agricultur
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The American Agriculture Movement was an organization founded in 1977 with the purpose of lobbying that the federal government pay higher prices for crops. In 1978 they organized the first Tractorcade wherein thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Carter Administration and the Farmers Home Administration would stop foreclosures on farms. Again on February 5, 1979, farmers arrived on tractors and held another Tractorcade protest. They occupied the National Mall for several weeks.