Corn is In

[JoePa]

I live in the country all around me are fields that are planted in corn this year - when I drive around I see the same thing - corn - I'd say that 95 per cent of the farm land in planted in corn - usually it is a variety of plants, soy beans, hay, tomatoes, etc. - not this year - everything is planted corn - the farmers must have figured that a lot of corn will be needed to supply the ethanol being used and large shipments are planned for overseas - something is different - the deer and bear like it - they come out of the mountain and head right to the corn fields

[js4fn]

A lot of corn around me also. But corn always did pay better than soybeans. Just more work in the fall

[Bowjob]

Corn everywhere this year. The price has jumped big time. In canada anyways this will be the second largest harvest ever is what I was reading.

Was also reading something about China and corn as well which had a part to play

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[greatwhite]

Corn just starting to come off here mostly for silage and the rest will come off late Oct and Nov+.

Seems to be about the normal amount here of corn and soybean

[sawbill]

If you like a good feed of real yellow corn, its getting harder and harder to find. Most stores and roads side vegetable stands sell peaches and cream which to me is nothing more than sugar-no corn taste whatsoever.

[smitty55]

Lets just hope it's not a wet harvest this year. The amount of propane required to dry it properly jacks up the prices big time. The prices have already jumped up 10 cents a liter this summer due to high demand from the far east.

[Stu]

I pay the extra price and buy ethanol free gas. Probably as much a form of protest against the use of ethanol in gas.
Even the guy that came up with the idea of adding ethanol to gas is against it now because of all the pollution that processing it causes. Not just in the fuel cost to farmers but also the amount of spraying done to the crop.
My wife was diagnosed with non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2012. She was exposed to a good dose of Round Up that year on Mother's Day which made her very ill that day. By Nov, of that year she is diagnosed. There are class action law suits here and in U.S. against the company for this exact reason.
Aside from that if you see what it does to small engine fuel systems in a short time you can imagine what it does to your vehicle over time. I get better mileage using ethanol free. I don't know if it is enough difference to save the extra cost of the fuel or not.
As I said, more a form of protest than anything else. This coming from a cheapskate.

[cramadog2]

If you like a good feed of real yellow corn, its getting harder and harder to find. Most stores and roads side vegetable stands sell peaches and cream which to me is nothing more than sugar-no corn taste whatsoever.

I still grow 2 varieties of yellow sweet corn. 1 that came out in the 80's, a sugar enhanced called Bodacious and a synergistic called Honey Select. Neither are GMO.

Sorry to hear that Stu. How did she get the dose of Round up?

[JoePa]

Yes - when the government steps in everything gets screwed up - they started using ethanol to cut back on the use of gasoline and resulting pollution but then when you figure the gas used by the farmers and other uses to haul, to dry the stuff and the spraying all results in more pollution - not to mention the problems it causes when used in engines - now when I buy gas for my equipment I need to put a gas stabilizer in it - then another thing is the stupid gas cans which are suppose to reduce the vapor from escaping end up with more vapor escaping because you end up spilling more gas with the stupid things - then there was the water used in toilets - the government mandated that only a certain amount of water was suppose to be used when flushing the toilet - the result was that people had to flush the toilet twice to get rid of the waste - it's plain stupid - then it was the windmills for power - even though you build them you still need other sources of power when the wind doesn't blow so you end up with twice the generating capacity - then it was ......

[gbk]

Sorry to to hear that Stu-hope she is getting better .


I was on the fence with this ,until I figured out -the engine uses 10 % more of it ,for the same umph........so where there is saving for the environment?
Sometimes Environmental issues makes Government think like they are from a Communist Country.............

Where do You buy Ethanol free nowadays?