Erm subsidies etc have been a thing for decades here's a brief explanation of what's going on. Farmers in the West over-produce (because they are White), this makes the prices plummet and farming uneconomic. Some dumbass (probably a farmer politician) came up with the idea to pay farmers a little extra per tonne so they don't go out of business. This makes sense initially because the country doesn't want to be dependent on foreign imports / governements, agriculture has a massive secondary industries relying on them, rural economies would collapse, many politicians are land owners, food prices impact every voter etc. The problem with subsidies is it just makes things worse. It encourages even more over production, lower market prices and more subsidy payouts. The EU woke up to this a couple decades ago, not so much the US. Stage 2 is wine lakes and grain mountains. Where the Gov buys the produce and warehouses it. Also does not work, farmers continue to over-produce, market prices don't change, farmers still need financial aid. Stage 3 is pay farmers to do fuck all. Break the link with production. The idea now is supermarkets will have to give farmers a fair price because supply, demand, price are linked.