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From: Davison MI
They grow a lot of corn around here, meant for alcohol production and pellet fuel made from the stalk/leaves. This corn is not food grade corn, squirrels won't even touch the stuff. Every 3 years or so they rotate in soybeans... for the plastics industry. (we need more wire insulation for rodents to eat, apparently)
One could argue that the field could be used for food grade corn instead, but adjacent to my property I doubt the soil is up to that task. Not sure about other parts of the state, but I've not seen food crops being grown for the last 15 years or better.
One could argue that the field could be used for food grade corn instead, but adjacent to my property I doubt the soil is up to that task. Not sure about other parts of the state, but I've not seen food crops being grown for the last 15 years or better.
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From: Fredericksburg,VA
In my neck of the woods almost all of the corn is feed corn except for farmer's market stuff. The next crop is usually soy beans, then wheat or some other grain; sometimes 2 crops of grain. The soy takes care of replenishing the nutrients.
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From: Northern Ohio
They grow a lot of corn around here, meant for alcohol production and pellet fuel made from the stalk/leaves. This corn is not food grade corn, squirrels won't even touch the stuff. Every 3 years or so they rotate in soybeans... for the plastics industry. (we need more wire insulation for rodents to eat, apparently)
One could argue that the field could be used for food grade corn instead, but adjacent to my property I doubt the soil is up to that task. Not sure about other parts of the state, but I've not seen food crops being grown for the last 15 years or better.
One could argue that the field could be used for food grade corn instead, but adjacent to my property I doubt the soil is up to that task. Not sure about other parts of the state, but I've not seen food crops being grown for the last 15 years or better.
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From: Northern Ohio
Making alcohol from grain (from food) only makes sense when you're going to drink it.
Even sawdust is suitable for fuel production... for example, we make disinfectant liquids or technical washing from sawdust and other organic waste.
I think your authorities messed up something with corn. unjustified waste, nobility
But there is also good news. Your E85 after easy manipulations can be drunk. ... Hell, we would have to lay off half the staff in our company if the E85 was available to them!
Even sawdust is suitable for fuel production... for example, we make disinfectant liquids or technical washing from sawdust and other organic waste.
I think your authorities messed up something with corn. unjustified waste, nobility
But there is also good news. Your E85 after easy manipulations can be drunk. ... Hell, we would have to lay off half the staff in our company if the E85 was available to them!
In the U.S. all available ethanol not labeled and taxed as booze is by law deliberately “denatured,” that is, made toxic to make you sick if you drink it. To bad if you drink too much; then it will make you dead.
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From: Northern Ohio
What we’ve always called “field corn,” perhaps a corruption of “feed corn,” only tastes good very young and fresh off the stalk. But now the stuff like Starlink makes its own pesticide and is unfit for hooman consumption. (Watch where you buy your tortilla chips.) So we feed it to critters where it presumably bioaccumulates. Then we eat the critters.
Last edited by PulpFriction; Jun 28, 2022 at 01:39 AM.
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