Originally Posted by Mikeyy

I don't care what the hell they use the corn for. How the fu*k do you get the 8th largest harvest and the lowest harvest in 17 years at the same fu*king time. You guys should start a thread about why you hate ethanol.

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

More farmers are growing corn this year, so you have more productive acres with less bushels per acre. Thus the 8th largest harvest (total acres of production) and the lowest harvest rate (bushels per acre) in 17 years. Simple math and no hill for an old farm boy.

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

Harvest is the amount of bushels

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

Harvest is the TOTAL amount of bushels, not the bushels per acre. Two different animals and the reason for your confusion.

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

Go back and read post number 3

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

OK, I did. So what in there changes what I said about the crop and bushels per acre? This is basic math mikey and not the kind of fuzzy math Democrats like to use.

Are you just trying to be contrary?

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

You are silly, This isn't partisan. Nobody said anything about bushels per acre but you.

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

Because that is what farmers rely on when computing their crop earnings. When you go from 200 bushels an acre to 75 bushels an acre and have 1,000 acres planted, you have lost over $1,000,000.00 because of the drought. That ain't chickenfeed.

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

US farmers expect poorest corn crop in a decade | KTVB.COM Boise

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A deepening drought in the nation's farm states has cut further into this fall's harvest, with farmers now expected to pull from their fields the lowest corn yield in more than a decade.

But American farmers are still expected to produce their eighth-largest harvest ever, and while there's sure to be a rise in prices at the grocery stores, there's little risk of a failed harvest that would lead to shortages on the shelves.

USDA cuts corn outlook as drought expected to cause lowest yield in 17 years | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com


USDA cuts corn outlook as drought expected to cause lowest yield in 17 years

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

I don't care what the hell they use the corn for. How the fu*k do you get the 8th largest harvest and the lowest harvest in 17 years at the same fu*king time. You guys should start a thread about why you hate ethanol.

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

More farmers are growing corn this year, so you have more productive acres with less bushels per acre. Thus the 8th largest harvest (total acres of production) and the lowest harvest rate (bushels per acre) in 17 years. Simple math and no hill for an old farm boy.

Originally Posted by 40yearfan

Because that is what farmers rely on when computing their crop earnings. When you go from 200 bushels an acre to 75 bushels an acre and have 1,000 acres planted, you have lost over $1,000,000.00 because of the drought. That ain't chickenfeed.

Originally Posted by Mikeyy

Nevermind, you are missing the entire point.