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)
You should definitely double-check your common sense, just in case (I'll check mine too)
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed...