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JonSCKs
Posted 4/10/2026 11:40 (#11613318 - in reply to #11612741)
Subject: 25.8 million acres in CRP.. buy a few.. break out.. knock yourself out.


GS2 - 4/9/2026 21:11

illinidirtfarmer - 4/9/2026 20:36

Can you point me to all the people in the US who are starving because we are producing ethanol from corn instead of corn flakes. Or maybe you go to the bin and get a bowl of corn to have for breakfast. Might work if you put the milk on it before you go to bed to soften things up.

There is a lot of valuable cattle feed left after ethanol is produced from corn that DOES get turned directly into food.


May I point to you the decline in livestock numbers and operations with livestock and the people who complain about beef prices in stores as an easy example?

DDGs, like ethanol, is not a drop in replacement for dry hay, corn, or silage.


There are 25.8 million acres idled in the CRP.. if you’re so inclined to raise livestock.. or feed for livestock.. buy a few acres.. break them out.. knock yourself out.

Or.. you can buy.. hay, silage or corn from the spot market.  A neighbor just put in a 20,000 head dairy.. and is doing just that.

it is a free country.. “knock your self out.”

The markets are providing beef, pork, milk at current rates.. if consumers want more.. demand would rise.

Meanwhile.. it appears the US taxpayer may be forking over more to secure hydro carbons..

 https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-us-pentagon-972ec1bd956a2c3633e6ab7fff389791 

$200 billion to secure a passage.. for the.. third time.. or is this the fourth already?? vs ethanol.

Meanwhile Brazil is spending a pittance to go above E 30.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/brazil-weighs-raising-ethanol-blend-in-boost-to-consumers-mills

The world’s second-largest ethanol producer Brazil is considering raising the amount of ethanol in gasoline, in a move that would aid consumers facing higher fuel prices while also boosting demand for sugar-cane mills struggling with a biofuel supply glut. 



Edited by JonSCKs 4/10/2026 11:47
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