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Oh god. I don't think a change of name is what they need, but a change of product.

• hugh3 16y ago
  If only the cornfields of the American midwest were suitable for growing sugar cane, we wouldn't have this problem. Anyone with agricultural knowledge know what you could grow instead of corn in the cornbelt if the demand (and/or subsidies) for corn were to collapse substantially?
  • DougWebb 16y ago
    Didn't we used to grow mostly wheat out there? And before that, all kinds of grass.
  • piguy314 16y ago
    Corn land was used to grow hemp extensively during World War 2 to make rope (due to the Japanese blockade of Malaysia/Philippines where our rope was made at the time.) The department of agriculture made a small film about growing hemp to educate farmers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne9UF-pFhJY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne9UF-pFhJY If we removed corn subsidies and began growing industrial hemp for hemp fiber (clothes, paper), hemp seeds (food, complete protein), and hemp oil (energy) it could go a long way towards transforming the American economy and American society. Unfortunately right now although hemp is technically legal to grow in the US with a license few, if any, licenses are issued. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Industrial_growth_under_licence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Industrial_growth_under_li...
  • yellowbkpk 16y ago
    In most places that can grow corn farmers can also grow (and usually do - just in smaller quantities) soybeans, grain, rice, and hops. Also, if corn wasn't subsidized so much we would probably see farmers make more room for cattle and other animals in the fields so they could eat grass and replenish the nutrients in the field rather than shoved in a barn somewhere.