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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by jdietrich on Saturday August 17, 2019 @09:15AM (#20723852)
The US produces 13 billion bushels of corn per year - that equates to 2,200 pounds of corn for every man, woman and child in the country. Those numbers sound completely implausible, but they accurately reflect the sheer absurdity of US agricultural policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_production_in_the_United_...

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by twblalock on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:50PM (#20725244)
And that's just corn! We produce so much of so many other things that we would be totally fine if we cut production by a lot.
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