The Great Soviet Grain Robbery

05/25/23 • 6 min

How the Soviet Union conned the United States out of $600 million worth of grain subsidies.
Sources
The book The Great American Grain Robbery and Other Stories by Martha Hamilton

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-satellite-maps-help-prevent-another-great-grain-robbery

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/podcast-wasde-transcript.pdf

How the Soviet Union conned the United States out of $600 million worth of grain subsidies.
Sources
The book The Great American Grain Robbery and Other Stories by Martha Hamilton

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-satellite-maps-help-prevent-another-great-grain-robbery

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/podcast-wasde-transcript.pdf

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