Russian Agriculture News

Kiko wrote:

In 2020, Russia became a net exporter of food for the first time since tsarist times
https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/138946/

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) tracked the ratio of food import-export across the Russian border - in 2020, for the first time since tsarist times, Russia earned more money on food than it spent: $ 28.3 billion in imports versus $ 29.4 billion in exports, which is 20% more than in the past of the year.

A significant part of food imports is “elite” consumption: coffee, chocolate; in 2019, alcoholic beverages alone were imported for $ 2.7 billion, which is almost 10% of imports. We are still dependent on imported seed and breeding material, which, oddly enough, include sugar beets, sunflowers, potatoes and rapeseed. The provision with own seed material in our country is 67.2%.

Russia asks the US for some more food
The United States has received an official request from Russia to provide additional food aid this year, US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said in Washington. According to RIA Novosti, this request is currently being studied by the American side.

Glickman's statement emphasizes that the US government's response to the request for additional food aid will depend on how successfully the current program of supplies of American grain and products to Russia will be implemented.

"We will consult with a number of other leading food producers, such as the EU, and will try to avoid steps that could destabilize international agricultural markets or reduce incentives for Russian farmers," said Dan Glickman.
https://lenta.ru/news/1999/09/29/food_aid/

GarryB wrote:Such progress... in only 20 years.... and all they had to do was kick out all the American leeches telling them to privatise everything and do this and do that, and fight the west tooth and nail for 20 years and they managed to get there... they have managed what most other countries have failed.

PapaDragon wrote:

GarryB wrote:Such progress... in only 20 years.... and all they had to do was kick out all the American leeches telling them to privatise everything and do this and do that, and fight the west tooth and nail for 20 years and they managed to get there... they have managed what most other countries have failed.

Also keep in mind that back in Tsarist era feeding your own population prior to exporting food was optional (they still did it far better than commies)

Today they are exporting food after they made sure everyone back home has more than plenty

Way bigger progress

Commies are like rats, you may get rid of them but their excrement will be fouling up the place for a very long time after they are gone

PapaDragon wrote:

flamming_python wrote:...How did they do it better than commies when there was a famine every few years in the Russian Empire? Won't even mention the cholera outbreaks. Oops I did.

Under the commies the only famines were first of all the one during the civil war/intervention/blockade when food was also confiscated to feed the army and city populations (which would have starved instead), and of course the one in '32/'33 where you had grains and livestock collectivized to sell it to the West and purchase machinery, industry in return.

You do realize that benchmark for 1980s is no the same as 1880s?

Although this is not surprising coming from a commie, reds are always at least century behind

Here is a refresher:

Joys of Supermarket Shopping in the Soviet Union

http://www.strangehistory.net/2017/08/11/joys-supermarket-shopping-soviet-union/

This was all commies accomplished in their 7 decades of rule

While rest of the civilized world was entering the age of obesity commies were still catching up to subsistence level nutrition and living standards of 1780s

And as for cholera it was hardly uncommon everywhere in 19th century but you know what was very uncommon in late 20th century? Tuberculosis

Something that was staple of life in USSR and that modern day Russia just managed to clean up

Commies are like rats, you may get rid of them but their excrement will be fouling up the place for a very long time after they are gone

Regular and thorough Operation Condor is a must at all times

You don't know what you're talking about!

PapaDragon wrote:

flamming_python wrote:...How did they do it better than commies when there was a famine every few years in the Russian Empire? Won't even mention the cholera outbreaks. Oops I did.

Under the commies the only famines were first of all the one during the civil war/intervention/blockade when food was also confiscated to feed the army and city populations (which would have starved instead), and of course the one in '32/'33 where you had grains and livestock collectivized to sell it to the West and purchase machinery, industry in return.

You do realize that benchmark for 1980s is no the same as 1880s?

Although this is not surprising coming from a commie, reds are always at least century behind

Here is a refresher:

Joys of Supermarket Shopping in the Soviet Union

http://www.strangehistory.net/2017/08/11/joys-supermarket-shopping-soviet-union/

This was all commies accomplished in their 7 decades of rule

While rest of the civilized world was entering the age of obesity commies were still catching up to subsistence level nutrition and living standards of 1780s

And as for cholera it was hardly uncommon everywhere in 19th century but you know what was very uncommon in late 20th century? Tuberculosis

Something that was staple of life in USSR and that modern day Russia just managed to clean up

Commies are like rats, you may get rid of them but their excrement will be fouling up the place for a very long time after they are gone

Regular and thorough Operation Condor is a must at all times

While rest of the civilized world was entering the age of obesity commies were still catching up to subsistence level nutrition and living standards of 1780s

PhSt wrote:I dont wish to derail this thread further off topic, but, if it weren’t for the Soviets, would Russia manage to industrialize? In an alternate timeline where there was no revolution and the Soviets didn’t get into power, how would Russia defend itself against a Nazi invasion?

PapaDragon wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

flamming_python wrote:...How did they do it better than commies when there was a famine every few years in the Russian Empire? Won't even mention the cholera outbreaks. Oops I did.

Under the commies the only famines were first of all the one during the civil war/intervention/blockade when food was also confiscated to feed the army and city populations (which would have starved instead), and of course the one in '32/'33 where you had grains and livestock collectivized to sell it to the West and purchase machinery, industry in return.

You do realize that benchmark for 1980s is no the same as 1880s?

Although this is not surprising coming from a commie, reds are always at least century behind

Here is a refresher:

Joys of Supermarket Shopping in the Soviet Union

http://www.strangehistory.net/2017/08/11/joys-supermarket-shopping-soviet-union/

This was all commies accomplished in their 7 decades of rule

While rest of the civilized world was entering the age of obesity commies were still catching up to subsistence level nutrition and living standards of 1780s

And as for cholera it was hardly uncommon everywhere in 19th century but you know what was very uncommon in late 20th century? Tuberculosis

Something that was staple of life in USSR and that modern day Russia just managed to clean up

Commies are like rats, you may get rid of them but their excrement will be fouling up the place for a very long time after they are gone

Regular and thorough Operation Condor is a must at all times

I think there were something like 3 separate famines in the Russian Empire in the 20th century before WW1. Nice work.

Cholera was hardly uncommon yet the commies eliminated it. Along with polio, the plague, smallpox, tetanus and a whole bunch of other nasty stuff.

Tuberculosis is a bitch. Before corona hit, it was the leading cause of death in the world by infection. So yeah it's hardly uncommon, then or now.

While rest of the civilized world was entering the age of obesity commies were still catching up to subsistence level nutrition and living standards of 1780s

And this is just rubbish. By the 50s the calorie intake started to get up to the same level as the US's (albeit counterbalanced by the colder climate and a more physical life), and as for the age of obesity - well this statistic should tell you what you need to know:

This here is what calorie intake in USSR looked like:



Your little make believe tables don't stand a chance before cold hard reality

Same cold hard reality that shattered that turd construct called USSR into billion little chunks of fecal matter

Commies were promising peace, food and freedom. They immediately failed on all three and kept failing throughout their existence

Always keep one absolute truth in mind: you had more than one meal today because commies are no longer in charge

If you want to keep peddling bullshit by claiming otherwise feel free to do so but you will be called out on that bullshit at all times

This here is what calorie intake in USSR looked like: