Submitted by: Doc
“All over America the corn is dying. If drought conditions persist in the middle part of the country, wheat and soybeans will be next. Weeks of intense heat combined with extraordinarily dry conditions have brought many U.S. corn farmers to the brink of total disaster. If there is not significant rainfall soon, many farmers will be financially ruined. This period of time is particularly important for corn because this is when pollination is supposed to happen. But the unprecedented heat and the extremely dry conditions are playing havoc with that process. With each passing day things get even worse. We have seen the price of a bushel of corn soar 41 percent since June 14th. That is an astounding rise. You may not eat much corn directly, but it is important to realize that corn or corn syrup is just about in everything these days. Just look at your food labels. In the United States today, approximately 75 percent of all processed foods contain corn. So a huge rise in the price of corn is going to be felt all over the supermarket. Corn is also widely used to feed livestock, and if this crisis continues we are going to see a significant rise in meat and dairy prices as well. Food prices in America have already been rising at a steady pace, and so this is definitely not welcome news.”
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Rise of rootworm linked to more acreage planted with GMO corn
by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio
September 5, 2011
“Worthington, Minn. — Seed companies and federal regulators are studying reports that a major corn pest has apparently outsmarted a line of genetically modified corn.
The plant is designed to kill a bug called the corn rootworm, but in several Midwest states, including Minnesota, it looks like the corn is losing its effectiveness.
Many farmers consider the worm-like larvae of the corn rootworm beetle the No. 1 enemy of their cornfields. In a state like Minnesota, with a roughly $7 billion corn crop, the rootworm commands attention.”
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