As for the double whammey of drought and oil prices, I think the oil whammy has not hit yet, wait till Iran goes balistic. After the smoke clears, just try finding a barrel of oil to buy.
We run our cars on corn, and we breed cows that eat corn, not grass. But our corn eats oil just as much as water. It takes 4000 calories of petro chemicals and fuel to raise 3000 calories of corn.
We have also converted most of the family farms into mega corn combines.
Congressional cornball logic.
Over 90% of America food comes from family farms.