Production of soybeans increased in the Corn Belt during the mid-1930s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: Group of answer choices Because of "baby combines" Commercial demand for soybeans by crushers increased from 3 million bushels in 1933 to 57 million bushels in 1939. Soybeans satisfied demand for a new lubricant for the munitions industry as demand for armament by European countries increased. New Deal programs encouraged farmers to plant soybeans as a soil conserving crop