You morons obviously spend too much time “conspiracy theorizing”. ADM and other corn producers (aka “big corn”)use the statistics gathered by the USDA in their planning processes just like everyone else does. If the statistics are wrong, then their plans will be wrong too. The USDA has got to deliver good numbers to ALL their customers, both producers and consumers (consumers in this case being the folks who process ag products into final food products).””
And neither is ADM the only producer of ethanol. In fact, most of the facilities in the midwest are owned by COOPs, farmers, and other investors who like the idea of solar captured energy in the tank plus the high protein feed left as a by-product. Wart, your problem is you know too much about agriculture and the urban dwellers are buying the old media and big oil attacks on ethanol.
Actually, I think these attacks on ethanol originate with Hugo Chaves, Iranaminijad, and the Saudis. They are the ones who "lose" if fuel ethanol succeeds.