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Would you say that title sort of buries the lede, then? We gained 180 million bushels of spring wheat, but dropped 750 million bushels of corn.
by SaintGhurka 4y ago
Would you say that title sort of buries the lede, then?
We gained 180 million bushels of spring wheat, but dropped 750 million bushels of corn.
- TheRealPomax 4y agoNot really? They're different things, for wildly different markets. The vast majority (as in, around 90%) of corn is not for human consumption but is used for farm feed and ethanol production.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoPeople care much more about meat price at the market than how much an ear costs
- buscoquadnary 4y agoYa but you have to remember most of the corn produced in the US is inedible for humans, with much of it being feed corn and the abomination that is Ethonal fuel. Actual food corn I'm willing to bet is unlikely to face any real impact.
- s1artibartfast 4y ago"actual food corn" is basically irrelevant. The reason we care about corn at all is its use as feed corn and chemical processes
- thematrixturtle 4y ago"We" in the US perhaps, but (say) Mexico might disagree.
- bluGill 4y agoA lot of corn acres are facing severe drought this year, and so yields are down. Last year it was wheat facing drought and thus low yields. Look at acres planted if you want to know what farmers expected in spring. Look at 5 year averages if you want to compare the yields with something.