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The Corn Supremacy
A conversation with a spokesperson for the National Corn Growers Association and his friend from the American Farmland Trust |
Tom Philpott |
25 Oct 2007 |
Victual Reality |
| The productivity of U.S. corn farmers should inspire awe. According to the U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. produces about 44 percent of the globe's corn crop -- that's more than China, the European Union, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico combined. Iowa alone, which produces a sixth of U.S. corn, produces about as much as the Eu ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, industrial ag, interview, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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