Australian beef has replaced U.S. supply in China since Donald Trump returned to the White House, funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars that have in previous years gone to the U.S. cattle industry into Australian pockets.
U.S. shipments to China, worth around $120 million a month, collapsed after Beijing in March allowed permits to expire at hundreds of American meat facilities and as Trump unleashed a tit-for-tat tariff war.
Other U.S. farm exports to China, the world’s biggest food importer, have also suffered since Trump retook power. On soybeans alone, U.S. farmers have lost out on shipments worth billions of dollars during the current harvest season.
That corn is grown so they have money for when it’s needed.
That corn also goes to feed beef cattle which we eat.
https://usafacts.org/articles/federal-farm-subsidies-what-data-says/
They’ve been doing this since the great depression in the usa because no one wants another great depression. Other countries do it as well to keep the food supply stable and affordable.
I don’t know why you’re arguing this.
No one says it’s efficient. You don’t do efficiency on your food for your citizens. You make sure they can eat.