[Myrddin]

Our food producing capacity with modern machinery, oil derived fertilizers, improved plant genetics and specialized pesticides has made it possible to feed the many individuals on this earth. It only takes the act of a moron like Robert Mugabe to convert an exceptionally productive agricultural economy like Zimbabwe (nee Rhodesia) into a bastion of starvation. Our moron is Al Gore and his enviro-nazi minions. They are chipping away at our massively successful agricultural enterprise. When/if they succeed, we and the masses that we feed will be in serious trouble.

[hubel458]

Your right—And there is no corn shortage, just huge
transfer of speculating money from real estate, bonds,
etc, to farm products, driving up the prices.
AND THERE IS NO SUBSIDY PAID FARMERS ON CORN.
The amount of money speculating on farm output has
went up 20 times in the last 8 years. The corn storage
is half full, which gets us to next harvest as usual
except speculators have driven up the price.And
farmers won’t refuse to sell at that price, as the
energy cost, also driven up by speculators, has raised
farms cost to raise that corn as much as the price
went up. It is not ethanol as on the market it is
cheaper than gas and has helped to moderate gas
prices and aid in the supply.Ed