That's the problem in farming, the cost of production in Ireland/UK is much higher than in South America or New Zealand, and the farmer pays the extra cost of production which is going where?
In Ireland if subsidises were revoked % of Farmers would not make a living from the land and so would go out of business. Therefore prices of food would go up (supply and demand) extra cost to the consumer. Farmers spend : tractors, sheds, vets, seed, fertiliser etc etc. most farmers are asset rich and cash poor, plus rural Ireland would become a wasteland, no country pubs for tourists, no youth as t