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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:18 PM Original message |
Corn-Crop Delays in U.S. Signal Tightest World Supply Since 1974 |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. GM Corn theoretically was supposed to have been able to increase yield. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. You can't increase yield if you can't get your seeds in the ground on time. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. But the reality of GMO crops has NEVER matched the propaganda |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. This has nothing to do with GMO crops, nice try with the scaremongering. |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ours are planted. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Looks like they're finally getting seed in the ground in NW Ohio. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. So there will be both corn shortages and wheat shortages. :( Not good at all. n/t |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Not just corn and wheat... |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Which will probably |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wonder why this would be unrecc'd? Local Panglossians insisting this is the best of all possible... |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Perhaps if we stopped |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Recommend |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow, global crop delays and destruction from record rains, droughts, and heatwaves |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. "corn futures" = speculators driving up the price artificially to make $$ nt |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well I guess that will also |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. We can live without corn. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is a good time to be a vegetarian. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good time to stop making corn-based ethanol. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. & fattening cows with it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. It will be a total loss for farmers down in Texas as well, I fear |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. All the corn is going to ethanol....duh...nt |
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