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Some things only really make sense in the US due to the heavy subsidizing of corn. You should definitely double-check your common sense, just in case (I'll che
by spion 7y ago
Some things only really make sense in the US due to the heavy subsidizing of corn.
You should definitely double-check your common sense, just in case (I'll check mine too)
- vfc1 7y agoJust checked. Apparently, one 5th of the EU budget goes to support livestock - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/nearly-a-fifth-of-eu-budget-goes-on-livestock-farming-greenpeace https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/nearly-a... A lot of it under the form of crop subsidies: > This land, and other targeted subsidies for livestock, is worth between €28-€32bn (£24-£27.9bn) in CAP direct payments per year for the animal farming sector, 18-20% of the EU’s total budget. That seems like pretty heavy subsidizing to me, although in the US I have the impression that things are worse. I think a lot of the europeans perception of the livestock industry comes from advertising, all those pictures on the supermarket of happy farmers next to happy cows and pigs, I think that's where a lot of it comes from.
- spion 7y agoNo, thats not true. AFAIK industrial scale beef farming has only started recently in the UK, for example. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed-industrial-scale-beef-farming-comes-to-the-uk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed...