That comment defies logic.Not at all. Think about it for a second. *Ethanol production* is subsidized. Not regular production. It's effectively a market control, which screws up the natural level of pricing(arable land that would otherwise go for human consumption is going for ethanol, making regular corn more expensive).If it's being subsidized, then it would be even cheaper.
Subsidies cause commodity prices to remain artificially low. I'd rather commodity prices reflect the actual cost plus profit of growing a crop and stop this government give away of billions of taxpayers dollars to supply the markets (and thus oil rich turd world countries) with cheap commodities.
It's also driving up the cost of hops. Ethanol corn is more profitable that hops so the amount of hops produced is shrinking driving up the price.
""Corn no longer is cheap, as its being subsidized for ethanol production!"
Not ethanol. And it's only plant construction and development that is being subsidized.
Corn prices today STILL do not reflect actual COST of growing it, because there are STILL corn subsidies in effect.
Corn is around $4 a bushel right now. About $2 cheaper than it actually costs to grow it.(because subsidies depress market prices) The main cause of corn prices increasing are strictly fuel machinery and fertilizer costs. As are all commodity price increases.
And has nothing whatsoever to do with hops problems, which as mentioned, are mostly imported anyways.
If you actually researched the TRUTH of the matter, you'd learn these things.