U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss

Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by iamshs on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:01PM (#20721187)

So stopping subsidies for corn will impact other crops too? Isn’t nutrition diverse nowadays?

Edit: Answered. Corn is used as a cattle feed and hence beef prices will be impacted. It will have a chain reaction pulling down just corn subsidies.

Tangent: India used to have famines and import grains until Punjab ushered a green revolution with record wheat and rice harvests in 1960s. My grandma told me how before wheat barley used to be the nutritional source, and I for nostalgia sake asked for a barley dish. Nearly threw up.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by Marsymars on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:27AM (#20722285)

Huh. I like barley quite a lot. Doesn't seem like it really has enough flavour to be offensive enough to induce vomiting though.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by wott on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:20AM (#20723646)

Perhaps it is not the taste but the shape/size and consistency of the boiled grain. For those who don't know, it looks like Kellogg's Smacks, but more chewy, and it can feel a bit strange to chew or to swallow.

I like it as well, nevertheless.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by iamshs on Saturday August 17, 2019 @06:20PM (#20726795)

Sorry, should be Bajra. Pearl Millet.

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