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<blockquote data-quote="Danllan" data-source="post: 4470046" data-attributes="member: 8735"><p>First let's get the facts right, Japan is about 5% bigger than Germany by area, but has more than 50% more people than Germany; there are >2.3m farms in Japan, less than a third that of number in Germany.</p><p></p><p>Japan subsidises its farmers for, you guessed it, political reasons. Despite being overwhelmingly urban in its population, Japan is still made up of >80% forested mountains and rural land use. There is still a very great national attachment to the soil, and they are also <u>paranoid</u> about being blockaded by China.</p><p></p><p>Norway and Switzerland subsidise for the same emotional reason, plus they can afford to. Iceland because it has to. South Korea for the same reasons as Japan.</p><p></p><p>None of these countries pose a threat to UK farming, in fact it is not unlikely that Japan and South Korea - and China too - will provide good markets for Welsh Lamb post-Brexit. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danllan, post: 4470046, member: 8735"] First let's get the facts right, Japan is about 5% bigger than Germany by area, but has more than 50% more people than Germany; there are >2.3m farms in Japan, less than a third that of number in Germany. Japan subsidises its farmers for, you guessed it, political reasons. Despite being overwhelmingly urban in its population, Japan is still made up of >80% forested mountains and rural land use. There is still a very great national attachment to the soil, and they are also [U]paranoid[/U] about being blockaded by China. Norway and Switzerland subsidise for the same emotional reason, plus they can afford to. Iceland because it has to. South Korea for the same reasons as Japan. None of these countries pose a threat to UK farming, in fact it is not unlikely that Japan and South Korea - and China too - will provide good markets for Welsh Lamb post-Brexit. :) [/QUOTE]
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