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Afaik (from a union leader in my country) farmers are saying they can't compete with Ukrainian grain because everything from the seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and even the diesel they use is highly subsidized by either the US or the EU and local farmers can't compete and it's driving them to starvation and suicide.
If you are in a EU country, then the local agriculture sector is also heavily subsidized by the EU. Agriculture subsidies is the single largest part of the entire EU's budget.
Can you imagine the insane food prices without it?