Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'

Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by lief79 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @06:35PM (#27228299)

Have you considered just how much of the international surplus the US produces, and how much of the total production it currently consumes?

I suspect running the numbers would indicate a clear international need for the US breadbasket, and not a decrease in overall cost due to a large drop in supply.

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by intended on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:56PM (#27230337)

Agriculture is one of the more subsidized and protected industries around the world.

Sugar from the desert levels of subsidies.

Farmers and Food are a voting group and commodity that will always be catered to and protected, no matter what the economic cost.

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by aeternum on Thursday May 20, 2021 @06:46PM (#27228407)

The US is only the world's largest producer of corn, and of that, 40% is turned into fuel (ethanol) and 36% is fed to animals. 20% is exported, where again a significant amount is used for animal feed & ethanol.

So meat and maybe gas would become slightly more expensive but the world would most certainly not starve.

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