Vision Statement Of This Blog:

To educate and influence United States consumers about corn subsidized foods to make healthy and economic food purchases while meeting nutritional needs. The objective will require U.S. consumers to reduce their meat and corn processed commodity consumption which will in turn benefit their health and the U.S. economy.

Our Urgency Statement:

Corn Free = Poison Free. Eat Organic! is derived from our belief that United States Consumers need to pay close attention to the ingredients in their food products. Corn, a natural product, is currently used in many unnatural ways which are negatively affecting our environment, our health and our local economies. By eating organically raised animal products and commodities our conditions will be positively affected and result in sustainability.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Corn Economic Aspects

USDA Feed Grains Baseline 2004-2013 report correlated the positive market projection for corn as feed grain with the projection that US and world wide incomes would increase. The correlation is due to the belief that the more money people have the more they purchase animal products including:
•Milk
•Eggs
•Chicken
•Turkey
•Pork
•BeefBroiler Industry

•Improvements
–Corn yield expected to rise at a rate of 1.8 bushels per year per acre
•US and Worldwide Increased Demands
–US corn production over crop competition will continue
–US exports will rise as other countries will reduce their exports and/or production (such as
China, the second largest exporting country of corn)
•Expected corn trade will increase from 80 million metric tons in 2004/05 to 103 in 2013/2014.
•Government Incentives, Policies and Regulations In Favor of Corn
–Subsidies
–Clean Air ACT and bans on uses of MTBE in gasoline will create larger demand for ethanol
made from corn grains.
–Farm Act of 2002 which provides additional payments for production of corn originally set up
to reduce the cost of plants utilized in ethanol production.
•HFCS Use
–Corn sweetener is expected to grow at the rate of population increase
•Corn acres in US to increase from 79.5 billion acres (2004) to 81 million acres in 2013.
–Limited due to irrigation and competition with other crops (largest competitor is soybean)
–Corn has highest net return above variable costs but many farmers alternate annually
between corn and soybeans due to natural nitrogen-fixing benefit of soybeans
•Prices paid for corn will strengthen above the early 2000’as average of $2.35/bushel

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