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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" 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
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