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by tim333 2762 days ago
There's not much farming there due to not much farmland in those places.

A more useful example would be New Zealand:

> “You had a system dictated by government programs that was thrown out the window overnight,” Hausman adds in a recent interview with The Daily Signal. “But the farmers kind of reinvented themselves and now New Zealand is a powerhouse when it comes to agricultural production on the world stage.” https://www.dailysignal.com/2016/09/22/what-happened-when-ne...