Agricultural analyst from JP Morgan states the US will have to turn to importing food from Brazil, possibly Russia. My jaw dropped when she hinted that energy policy is partly to blame, where 40% of corn goes to ethanol production for petrol (though, my understanding is that corn grown for ethanol is not for human consumption. Anyone?).

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∞  07/12/12 at 03:36pm
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  1. writingcapital reblogged this from climateadaptation
  2. roresan answered: روعه
  3. backporchcomposter said: Corn grown for ethanol isn’t the same as corn grown for human or livestock consumption. The temperatures were in the 90s & 100s this year during the corn fertilization window causing the ears to have half filled ears; the ideal temp is 72.
  4. immonstrocity answered: actually, where I’m from the fields are split half and half.
  5. heres-to-your-health answered: The corn we grow is genetically modified and not fit for consumption by men or beast so I wish they would use it all for something else.
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  7. marksbirch answered: This is also the same bank that took a $6 billion loss on trades…would not put much faith in anything they say.
  8. missdt answered: Corn grown for ethanol is not for human consumption. At all.
  9. emergentfutures reblogged this from climateadaptation
  10. sariemcstrickland answered: growing organic material for biofuels is not eco-friendly! costs involve land use, transportation, production, co2 emissions
  11. other-stuff reblogged this from silas216 and added:
    I imagine that most ethanol is made from field corn (used largely for animal fodder but also for cornmeal) rather than...
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  13. mygreenshorts answered: Isn’t it that the subsidies for ethanol production cause agricultural land for food to be used for ethanol instead. And then the drought …
  14. soyoyosays answered: May not be for consumption but I’d imagine it takes up the same farmlandspace.
  15. marcushere answered: From what I’ve read, I believe this is true, but it does mean that farmers are growing corn for ethanol instead of for food.
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  18. legiteecceaudi reblogged this from climateadaptation and added:
    Good lord!
  19. emergentfutures answered: Hi Michael - no that is not true. The corn that goes into ethanol is the same as for human consumption
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  21. jayjaypea said: Correct. Another thing to consider is that corn requires more fuel (by way of fertilizer and tractor fuel) per acre than it actually creates. The only reason we use corn is because of the enormous subsidies. Without it farmers would be losing $ on it
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