Agriculture in Soviet Union and United States

Agriculture is a very important aspect to a country's economy. It racks in bucks and benefits people by giving food and even something to drink. In fact, $115 billion was made from agricultural products being exported from America to other countries.  In this particular blog, we will look the agriculture in the United States and the Soviet Union. No matter the differences, agriculture is vital both and keeps countries on their toes.


The Soviet Union first begin to expand their horizons in agriculture when Mr. Joseph Stalin came to power. Stalin made his First Five Year Plan which would help boost the economy and make the Soviet Union an economic powerhouse. Stalin would make farms in Soviet Union not be ran by individuals but be ran by a group which is known as collective farming. The communist rule believed that if farms were ran collectively that agriculture would run more productively and would produce enough to feed the increasing work force of the Soviet Union. It also gave the idea that peasants would flee from labor and seek work in the cities and that Communist regime could slowly gain more control over the remaining peasants.  However, collectivization caused a huge famine and the government now owned all farm property. Agriculture was not a major success in the Soviet Union as it was in the United States.


Agriculture in the United States has always been a big part of the economy. However, many farms have diminished over the years due to rural moving to urban. The majority of farms in America are considered to be small and money from the government known as a subsidy as decreased. Besides the decrease in farms and other factors, agriculture in America is still strong as many rely on Agriculture to feed our people and for us to make a profit.


 It helps that America isn't and will hopefully will never become a Communist country and we are free to own our own land without the government interfering and gaining control of our farm property. America is free to plant and decide the fate of our crops and livestock. A different song was sung in Stalin Land, however.