You've got to stop being so defensive about this. It isn't "US farmers vs The World" it is a matter of public policy. The world wide policy of burning food for fuel. It is politicians who are driving this policy.
Farmers do what is in their best interest. They sell food to people who are willing to buy. That include farmers in other countries with starving populations that export grain to be made into fuel.
you who don’t want any price supports and yet want food for nothing.
I don't want food for nothing. I want government to stop distorting the food market with these dubious plans. I don't know if I can stop them from burning food at the rate they are but there are people out there (presidential candidates) who want to increase the rate of food burning by a factor of five. That's five times the farmland, the farm equipment and the farmers that we are using now.
It isn’t 5 times times the farmers or farmland
that would be needed to put out ethanol so that
all gas would have 10% blend. Corn acreage is
92 million acres, 1/4 for ethanol, or 23M acres
There is 30 Million in crappy CRP, there is over twice
that acreage that isn’t used or underused.And it all could be farmed by the present number of farmers as it is all
next door to what they already farm.All ag land
being used actively for ag is more than just corn, and farmers if allowed or can make a little, can add to that
the unused acreage, an increase of about 20%...Ed