While the article centers specifically on Hungary, this is true on other countries as well. In Spain for instance the biggest recipients of such subsidies are t

While the article centers specifically on Hungary, this is true on other countries as well. In Spain for instance the biggest recipients of such subsidies are the House of Alba, a family connected to the nobility. It's also well known that a lot of farmers don't even produce much, since the subsidies are tied to how much land is planted, not how much is collected from it. With other countries having better economies of scale, most of spanish farming lives from the money gotten by subsidy and cut their losses when picking up the produce.