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| 1. Rising demand for grain in China, stemming from an increase in meat consumption, is
overwhelmingly the cause of supply and demand imbalances in corn production.
2. Given that the US population has grown 15 percent in the past 13 years, the 82 percent
increase in US corn production left plenty for people, plenty for livestock, and plenty for
ethanol.
3. Chinese meat consumption is still 45 percent less than the average consumption in the
US. An additional 277 million tonnes of grain would be needed to support China at
parity with the US. That would take 68 million acres to grow.
4. If the Chinese people had consumed the same amount of meat, per person, in 2007 as
in 1995, there would have been enough grain left over to support 927 million hungry
people with enough grain for an entire year,” said Lane.
5. The growth rate for grain in China is so intense that, even if the US ethanol industry
were completely shut down tomorrow, increased Chinese demand would soak up the
excess grain by 2011.
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