Don't panic: There's plenty of corn for all

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Editorial

Farmers frustrated by myths about ethanol
By BOB OLESON
Posted: May 10, 2008

It makes farmers like myself upset when ethanol from corn gets an undeserved bad rap.

Three unreported facts: First, in regard to the food vs. fuel debate, U.S. farmers planted 19% more corn last year than in 2006. Those acres came mostly from soybean acres. Fifty-bushel-an-acre soybeans and 150-bushel-an-acre corn yield the same amount of oil and protein (food) per acre. The difference is that two-thirds of the corn kernel is starch, which can be turned into ethanol or other products.

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