The positions of the green barons obtained at the turn of the millennium are gradually, hectare by hectare, company by company, taken over by the orange barons in Hungarian agriculture according to the latest agricultural subsidy data processed by K-Monitor. In light of the payments and ownership rearrangements in 2016 there is still no sight of the promised rearrangement favouring small, family farms promised in the election campaign. However, what seems to be more and more obvious is that, similarly to the media, the banking sector or the construction industry, here too large landowners connected to the government party or to Viktor Orbán himself have appeared and are pushing their luck in the increasingly disparate world of Hungarian agriculture. The greatest buzz in 2016 could be noted in Viktor Orbán’s circle: village buddies, sports fans and relatives have flourished, while old hands fell back. If you want to learn about the landowners of specific settlements, see here.









