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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

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