Soviet poster : economy....

Initially, low yields eventually fell, land was depleted, funds were needed for land reclamation, agronomic measures, and infrastructure development. The soil was destroyed by erosion and weeds. Nevertheless, due to the development of huge areas, it was possible to increase the gross harvest of grain crops. In three years, agricultural production increased by 25%.After visiting NS. Khrushchev US Plenum of the Central Committee in 1955 decided to make corn a profiling culture. 18 million hectares were planted in areas not suitable for this production.
The next stage in the reorganization of agriculture began in May 1957, when Khrushchev put forward the slogan "To catch up and overtake America!". In 1957, the MTS was dissolved. As a result, the collective farms received equipment, but remained without a repair base. This led to a reduction in the fleet of agricultural machinery and the withdrawal of significant funds from the collective farms.
The second reform was aimed at enlarging the collective farms, creating associations that promote the industrialization of agriculture. Heads of farms sought to fulfill their obligations to the state at the expense of infringement of the interests of ordinary collective farmers (homestead plots were reduced, forcibly they took personal livestock to collective farms).
Great attention was paid to the development of heavy industry and defense. As a result, the situation in the production of consumer goods was missed, a deficit in this area was created.