The right doesn't care about national defense.

[Sarmatian]

Subsidizing isn't just throwing money at the farmers, it's supposed to keep them in agriculture. Let's face it, agriculture isn't the most appealing job and young people will try to do something else unless money's good. Ask a child of a farmer, would he/she rather make 10,000 euros a month working on a farm or the same amount from working in an export/import company in a big city...

You need to keep that land worked and you need to keep people there. Even in the most advanced countries significant number of people still work in the agricultural sector, most of them aren't educated for many other jobs. In the long run it's cheaper to subsidize them then to give them a new education or give them unemployment money. Food is produced, people have jobs, land is worked. It's not a coincidence all developed countries in the world subsidize agricultural production...

[KukriKhan]

Stop subsidizing unprofitable crops. Grow poppies and marijuana. With the profits, you can have Russian cavier and Kobe steak every night for dinner. When ww3 shows up, you can always plow those under and grow wheat, corn, barley, etc.*

Flexible, adaptable agricultural policy is what's needed, Norway, US or other, not vested-interest cash-cows that only serve big-agribusiness.**

* that bit is supposed to be funny.
** that bit, not

[Beskar]

US is self-efficient due to the size of the Country. It is effectively the size of the whole of Europe and with the plans of the European Superstate going ahead, Europe can be self-efficient as well.

As for Rory's comment, they wouldn't be countries, they would be states and wouldn't close their borders. If WW3 happens, we won't even be alive as Earth would be dead in a nuclear winter.