[NVDave]

Of course, the article never mentions the fact that since 2001, off-road diesel fuel has gone from about $.70/gal to over $2.50/gal.

The authors, both clearly not farmers and not possessing a clue about the historical price of corn, probably expect us farmers to simply absorb that tripling in the price of fuel.

Idiots.

BTW — one more time, as I keep pointing out on these threads: if you kept the price of corn in 1973 constantly updated with inflation, what was $2.73/bushel in 1973 would be just under $14.00/bushel today. These two academic twinks are having an attack of mental flatulence because corn is at $4/bu today.

Salaries have gone up with inflation. Prices of real estate have gone up with inflation. Prices of tractors and ag equipment have gone up with inflation.

But these idiot intellectuals think that the price of farm commodities should NOT go up with inflation. In their minds, farmers are the serfs of the new age.

People who think that farmers should not be allowed to pursue a profit (and anyone who is complaining about corn at $4/bu is in this camp) can vigorously osculate my posterior.

And I don’t even grow corn.

[Pirate21]

Oddly, the situation you describe will likely increase our dependence on foreign food (just while we’re saying we need to decrease dependence on foreign oil), as it seems there is little economic incentive for Americans to engage in farming. If I’m right (and I’m no more of an economic genius than you describe the authors to be) — for one thing, it’ll be a sad day when America can not feed itself; for another, it will increase the chances for nutri-terrorism (to coin a term). Do you think the tainting of food that comes in to the United States is always accidental? (Esp when it comes from China?)

Also, I can only guess what environmentalists do to farmers. They surely aren't helping gas prices.

(Man, I'm in a cynical mood today.)