The Agrarian Agony: How the Grip of Capital Strangles the Toiling Husbandman

Comrades! Cast your gaze upon the latest proclamations from the statistical bureaus, and behold the naked truth of our era. In the first five months of the year 2026, the proportion of profitable enterprises in crop and livestock farming has plummeted to a mere 71.5 per cent—a precipitous fall of eight percentage points from the previous year. Mark this well: while the fat cats of the city grow bloated, the share of ruinous, loss-making farms has ascended to 28.5 per cent. Is this not the inevitable consequence of a system where the monopoly of capital dictates the fate of the producer?

The misery extends even to the depths of the seas. In the realms of fishing and fish-farming, the profitable share has withered to 61.5 per cent. Indeed, across the entire spectrum of agriculture, forestry, and hunting, the total share of profitability has collapsed to 69.8 per cent. We see here the relentless machinery of exploitation at work, grinding the spirits of the working class into the very dust of the earth!

Consider the cold, hard figures: the profits of agricultural organisations have shrivelled by 17.4 per cent, whilst the losses—those wretched burdens borne by the producers—have surged nearly 1.7 times, reaching a staggering 77.7 billion roubles. The net financial result has dwindled by 31.5 per cent. This is the 'progress' promised by the usurers and the financiers! They offer loans and promises, only to tighten the noose of debt around the neck of the labourer.

And yet, let us observe the most scandalous hypocrisy of all! While the husbandman suffers, the bourgeois producers of food and beverages are gorging themselves upon the misery of others. The profits of food producers have climbed by 16.3 per cent, reaching 404.2 billion roubles. The beverage magnates have seen their spoils increase by a vulgar 33.8 per cent!

What does this tell us, I ask you? It tells us that while the actual producer—the one who sweats in the field and braves the storm at sea—is crushed by the weight of capital, the middlemen and the industrial monopolies grow obscenely rich. The proletariat of the soil is being bled dry to fuel the luxury of the counting-houses. Truly, the yoke of the bourgeoisie is a heavy burden, and it shall not be lifted until the workers themselves seize the means of their existence!