Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
Corn is high priced for livestock? Mention that around a farmer and you will most likely be laughed out of the county. Corn prices are are at very low levels and have been for a while. Just heard a report the other day that cash rent farmland prices are dropping because of lower corn prices and may drop some more if corn prices don't come around.
Guess no one actually read what I posted or bothered to do any research to refute me on the food vs fuel thing. 17 lb of livestock feed is made from the average bushel of corn used for ethanol production. Roughly 2.5 gallons of ethanol produced per bushel. high grade CO2 is produced from ethanol production that is primarily used by beverage manufacturers. Corn oil from ethanol plants is being bought up by biodiesel producers as a good feedstock for production along with soybean oil and other sources. And dozens of other products folks use every day that can be traced back to ethanol production.
Farmers don't deal with ethanol plants on what gets targeted for normal uses and what gets used for ethanol production. Farmers sell on the commodities market. Where the corn goes after it leaves the farm is not up to the farmer. That farmers have a say in what corn goes to ethanol or not is a very myopic view of farm markets.
There are different types of corn, some used for human consumption, some for livestock, and some for making ethanol. I could live with a free market CHOICE of booze in my gas or not , but NOT having it rammed down my throat.
Corn is high priced for livestock? Mention that around a farmer and you will most likely be laughed out of the county. Corn prices are are at very low levels and have been for a while. Just heard a report the other day that cash rent farmland prices are dropping because of lower corn prices and may drop some more if corn prices don't come around.
Guess no one actually read what I posted or bothered to do any research to refute me on the food vs fuel thing. 17 lb of livestock feed is made from the average bushel of corn used for ethanol production. Roughly 2.5 gallons of ethanol produced per bushel. high grade CO2 is produced from ethanol production that is primarily used by beverage manufacturers. Corn oil from ethanol plants is being bought up by biodiesel producers as a good feedstock for production along with soybean oil and other sources. And dozens of other products folks use every day that can be traced back to ethanol production.
Farmers don't deal with ethanol plants on what gets targeted for normal uses and what gets used for ethanol production. Farmers sell on the commodities market. Where the corn goes after it leaves the farm is not up to the farmer. That farmers have a say in what corn goes to ethanol or not is a very myopic view of farm markets.
There are different types of corn, some used for human consumption, some for livestock, and some for making ethanol. I could live with a free market CHOICE of booze in my gas or not , but NOT having it rammed down my throat.