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Originally Posted by thefirebuilds
interesting, ive never heard a correlation between Corn values and our economy. I was under the impression that we make far more corn than we can use and the government subsidizes it just for that reason (to interest farmers in making it)
what irritates me is subsidizing something that farmers are obviously making money off of.
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There is an interesting little documentary (King Corn) about the costs of producing 1 acre of corn and the subsidies involved.
I think I watched in on the instant Netflix deal, but there is an extend PBS clip here:
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