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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: fenga AT astechman.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ethanol and Corn
  • Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:36:43 -0500


On Apr 10, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Fred Enga, Astechman wrote:

There is plenty of corn. Stop feeding it to cattle, stop buying the mega
tons of corn syrup sweetened foods.

There is not enough corn to keep feeding hogs and cattle and chickens and putting its various constituents into nearly every processed food that people eat. The price of corn is zooming. Farmers are making plans based on these rising prices. These plans have far-reaching implications:

"Thousands of farmers are taking their fields out of the government’s biggest conservation program, which pays them not to cultivate. They are spurning guaranteed annual payments for a chance to cash in on the boom in wheat, soybeans, corn and other crops. Last fall, they took back as many acres as are in Rhode Island and Delaware combined."

As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/business/09conserve.html_r=1&ex=1365480000&en=ce91b80157d8e73c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&oref=slogin



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