We Can Revamp the American Agricultural System

How can we revamp the American agricultural system? We can begin revamping and feeding more people by changing corn production and utilization.

We could easily revamp the American agricultural system by revamping how we are using corn.

U.S. corn is a highly productive crop, with typical yields between 140 and 160 bushels per acre, the resulting delivery of food by the corn system is far lower. Today’s corn crop is mainly used for biofuels (roughly 40 percent of U.S. corn is used for ethanol) and as animal feed (roughly 36 percent of U.S. corn) plus distillers, grains left over from ethanol production, is fed to cattle, pigs and chickens). Much of the rest is exported. Only a tiny fraction of the national corn crop is directly used for food for Americans and sadly, much of that for high-fructose corn syrup.

Ending Corn Ethanol Production

We can start revamping America’s agricultural system by doing away with corn use for ethanol production. If we would stop producing corn into biofuels, we would have lower demands for grain, lower commodity prices, and reduce the price of corn and meat products in the grocery stores.

High-Fructose Corn Syrup

In an article: What is high-fructose corn syrup? What are the health concerns? (September 12, 2020) by Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. of the Mayo Clinic, high-fructose corn syrup is chemically similar to table sugar. Controversy…