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benld74

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12. And corn futures rising by the day!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 05:06 PM

Jul 2012

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U.S. Corn Crop Shrinking By The Hour [View all] Purveyor Jul 2012 OP

Is it bad? GreenMask Jul 2012 #1

It has a knock-on effect on every food item we eat. NickB79 Jul 2012 #10

Yes. It's bad. Think famine. aquart Jul 2012 #19

Ah yes, our Monsanto GMO corn crop LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #2

It's a drought. That harms all crops 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #8

Rootworms eating corn specifically engineered to kill them NickB79 Jul 2012 #11

Only if those same rootworms didn't also eat non-GMO 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #16

this winter could be pretty scary FirstLight Jul 2012 #3

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #4

Buy corn and soybean futures. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #5

Screw that. Buy actual beans and rice to stock the pantry NickB79 Jul 2012 #13

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #6

A few degrees make a big difference. No water, no life. harun Jul 2012 #7

Yeah and there has been a run by wealthier buying up farm land. glinda Jul 2012 #9

Believe it or not Denny Hastert (Former House Speaker) actually bought my uncles farm. harun Jul 2012 #14

A lot of them are going to lose their shirts in this NickB79 Jul 2012 #15

Farmers are covered magic59 Jul 2012 #17

Better tgo bail out farmers than bankers Bluzmann57 Jul 2012 #20

Just imagine NeoConsSuck Jul 2012 #18

And corn futures rising by the day! benld74 Jul 2012 #12

My Mom inherited 60 acres that can be used for corn, hay and perhaps wheat. amandabeech Jul 2012 #21

My summer garden looks like crap dinger130 Jul 2012 #22

Same here. I took the mower to the sweet corn, now time for tilling NickB79 Jul 2012 #23

saw this first hand a couple of weeks ago azurnoir Jul 2012 #24

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