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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

First; I'm always skeptical of anything posted at the DailyKos.  There is so 
much blatant propaganda and lie-ing on the site (plus the emotional , 
irrational ,profane language, ).  But, this is another agricultiral article 
which I have read in the past couple of weeks and this author does seem 
genuinely and rationally interested and somewhat personally knowledgeable 
about the subject.. Lots of people are saying that 'food' could be a near 
term problem - even here................................

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Excerpt:

" The Famine Of 2009 (updated 4x) 

by Stranded Wind 

Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 08:18:15 AM PST
  
Last week I received a very concerned call from South Dakota farmer and 
agronomist Bryan Lutter.  "Neal, we're out of propane!"  I figured this was 
personal distress – he and his family farm over three square miles of land 
and I know this has been a tough year for many people. He promptly corrected 
my misconception when I tried to console him. "No, everybody is out, all 
three grain elevators, we can't get fuel for the bins, and we're coming in 
real wet this year."

  There are equally dramatic issues due to the bankruptcy of Verasun and the 
apparent insolvency of the nation's largest private crop insurance program. 
Payments that would have come in June or July of a normal year are still not 
dispersed at the end of November and this has grim implications for next 
year's crop.

  I started digging into the details and unless I'm badly mistaken people are 
going to be starving in 2009 over causes and conditions being set down right 
now. It's a complex, interlocking issue, and I hope I've done a good job 
explaining it below the fold ..."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/27/11143/168/114/667032