Even if we take the low estimate, The United States should have fared even better in comparison. They had much more developed industrial agriculture whereas Russia was still transitioning away from peasant farming through the collectivization policy in question, and had suffered a recent famine in 1891-92. Through the Agricultural Adjustment Act, FDR paid farmers not to plant in order to keep food prices high during a shortage instead of... distributing food to those who needed it and still providing financial support to the farmers to prevent them from going under, or something.