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  I wouldnt claim to be an expert on farm subsidies far from it. But the germ of the idea behind the programme and I have to admit i wasnt concentrating hugely, it had been a long day...is that subsidies are in essence paid to produce a certain food on smaller holdings, the programme was making the case that if you are hugely rich with massive holdings on industrial scale level, if I can put it that way, and making pots of gold daily, then why do you need to claim from the public purse when the nation is strapped for cash.
  
  The idea i would think behind subsidies is to sponsor normal size or smaller holdings helping them to be productive and make a go of it etc.

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