At the latest, in 1920 Krasna faced an increasing number of challenges.

• As shown in figure 4.3, farm sizes kept decreasing and had already reached a level where the traditional methods no longer resulted in a profit.
• People in Krasna faced many difficulties obtaining more land since the Rumanian government made land purchases very difficult. In the course of 100 years the soil had been leached out since there was no fertilization and this became a detriment. ¹⁾
  

See also 4.3, Land Owners and Landless People in Krasna

Therefore, it was necessary to find new ways to keep especially small family operations above water. Krasna farmers who were fond of tradition had long ignored the advice of specialists.
A new way of thinking occurred after the Rumanian land reform which limited ownership of a farmer to 100 hectares and no longer permitted the establishment of daughter colonies. Pasture land was converted to farm land. (See above) People began to work on increasing harvest yields and looked into the means to achieve this. The founding of the farm association (See 5.4, Associations, Councils and Clubs) assisted this development and instructed farmers and bettered their knowledge and understanding.

It became evident in Krasna as well, that changes needed to be made. The Dakota Rundschau reports from Krasna on September 25, 1931: The farmers themselves realize that a better work ethic has to be practiced because if one receives just 25 lei per pud of barley and not more per pud of corn, we will soon all be bankrupt.

Experiments with different plants began in 1930. Some of this was state supported. The Staats Anzeiger filed a report from Krasna on June 30, 1931, stating that the farm association went to great lengths and spent large amounts of money to improve the situation of the farmers. It supplied better seed grain and educated the farmers orally and in writing and sponsored exhibits about more progressive planting methods. The farm associations were also supplied with better livestock at reduced costs.

One can summarize that the Krasna farmers would have had to make drastic changes after 1940 to improve the harvest yields.