I don’t know how we got on the subject of crop statistics. Farm subsidy policy and bio-fuel subsidies are put in place by Congress with input and implementation by USDA officials.
Because there are people on this thread that are contending that the statistics published by the USDA are somehow "faked" so as to support the "pro-ethanol" position. Specifically "Rusty Millet" and "freedomfiter2" in posts 22 and 23. THAT is the function of USDA that is under discussion--not their setting of policy.