[Big Giant Head]

Agree bigbob. I listen to the farm reports not every day, but often. They are often complaining about an abundance, and a lack of new markets overseas. I don’t think we have a food shortage problem at all.

Transporting the food could become more expensive but not a shortage of the food itself.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

What bb said is not entirely true. He is gaging every thing from the American markets. It is true there are no drastic shortages here, but there is only just so much active farm land available for crops every year.

The trend has gone heavily towards Corn. Which means that less will be put into grains for food. It is also a fact, that 39% of all Corn produced now goes into Ethanol production. (4 out of 10 truckloads) Add the new 15% Ethanol mandate and it will easily consume over half of the Corn produced here. This is also the main reason that prices at the grocery store have gone up so fast.

That huge volume of Corn lost to Ethanol here, will drastically cut into the World food supply. China has had a severe drought, India, Africa, etc,, which will require our surpluses to be sent over there to support their population.

The article is correct. World famine is a very real threat and it is going on as we write. There is no doubt about this fact.