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Ethanol relief vital to state's cows - SFGateAttempts to clean up our air and to ensure that the nation has enough milk to drink are on a collision course. As a result, the future of California's dairy industry looks sour. Around 100 farms are expected to go bankrupt this year alone, and the trend seems likely to continue if nothing is done.
Because of the demand for grain to produce the gasoline additive ethanol - which was supposed to reduce air pollution - plus a nationwide drought, many of the state's cash-strapped farmers are selling their cows for slaughter because they can't afford to feed them. It's a "perfect storm," says Colin Carter, professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis, that could spell trouble for the county's milk supply - 1 out of 5 glasses of milk consumed in the United States comes from California cows. And the increasing price of grain is hurting all livestock industries.
It seems that the ethanol mandate is about to drive food prices up even higher, which multiple experts in this forum have repeatedly assured me is impossible.
Ethanol relief vital to state's cows - SFGateAttempts to clean up our air and to ensure that the nation has enough milk to drink are on a collision course. As a result, the future of California's dairy industry looks sour. Around 100 farms are expected to go bankrupt this year alone, and the trend seems likely to continue if nothing is done.
Because of the demand for grain to produce the gasoline additive ethanol - which was supposed to reduce air pollution - plus a nationwide drought, many of the state's cash-strapped farmers are selling their cows for slaughter because they can't afford to feed them. It's a "perfect storm," says Colin Carter, professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis, that could spell trouble for the county's milk supply - 1 out of 5 glasses of milk consumed in the United States comes from California cows. And the increasing price of grain is hurting all livestock industries.
I'm entirely against ethanol subsidies.
But that doesn't change the fact that as politicians on both sides of the aisle will continue to support them.
I'm entirely against ethanol subsidies.
But that doesn't change the fact that as politicians on both sides of the aisle will continue to support them.
It sure doesn't, does it?
I am not defending ethanol mandates, in fact I do not like them.
However, the main cause of the dairy farmers' problems are the drought. Long before there were ethanol mandates, cattlemen slaughtered their cattle after droughts when grain prices rose.
I remember there was a big drought in California in the 70s. Severe water shortages. I bet a lot of cows were slaughtered then, too.
This is nothing new under the sun.
This is why I bought a half a cow earlier this year from a local farmer. I'm eating steak that cost me less than what a pound of ground beef goes for right now.
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Um...The drought caused corn that could have been used for feed to be pushed into the ETOH for fuel scam.I am not defending ethanol mandates, in fact I do not like them.
However, the main cause of the dairy farmers' problems are the drought. Long before there were ethanol mandates, cattlemen slaughtered their cattle after droughts when grain prices rose.
I remember there was a big drought in California in the 70s. Severe water shortages. I bet a lot of cows were slaughtered then, too.
This is nothing new under the sun.
This is why I bought a half a cow earlier this year from a local farmer. I'm eating steak that cost me less than what a pound of ground beef goes for right now.
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