> the increase in corn acres was an 
> indirect relation to the ethanol issue.   
> The tempory price spike from the federal 
> Mandate did increase acres slightly,  but I am
> sure given this seasons prices,  that will be 
> going right back down.

I am not sure of the motivation behind continued pushing of a stance in
opposition to the facts, and I was pretty sure I had addressed this
misconception back in February. Not to worry, I can paste it here again:

The USDA clearly states that all the growth in corn has been directly for
"alcohol for fuel use", not for human food or animal feed.  See this chart,
updated Dec 2013:

www.ers.usda.gov/ersDownloadHandler.ashx?file=/media/521847/cornuse.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/qxbafnn

I would not call 5 billion acres of corn for fuel vs 5 billion for food, and
one billion for other uses a "slight increase".  And you can see from the
chart that the big percentage increase started in 2007, and never stopped,
as a percentage of the total amount of corn grown.

I don't know squat about the price of corn, and that market is complex
enough that we both know that price flux is more likely to be due to
speculation and futures contracts than any supply/demand factor.

 

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