Online parliamentary information office: Before the farm subsidies can be pulled it is necessary to have a level playing field.
A great deal of imported food is heavily subsidised. Either directly from governments, distorted exchange rates or by slave labour employment.
So those who go on about "real" prices for food would soon squeal if they had to pay real level playing field prices.
Online parliamentary information office: For farmers the weather is never right.
And it is never, ever, the right time to wean them off subsidies.
Yes, it's a tough living, and underpaid, and I would not do it. But food security is not an issue in a rich country, and the "without us you'd all starve line" is no longer convincing. 20% of farms account for 80% of farmland, and some of them are doing extremely well.
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