The Associated Press is reporting that the boom in ethanol is creating such an unprecedented demand for seeds, that corn growers are now essentially forced to use the wrong varieties of seeds for their areas.  What does that mean?  Corn seed more susceptible to pests, less drought tolerant, less cold tolerant, etc etc etc are being planted in the wrong areas, … meaning that yields from the marginal areas newly planted to corn will be lower than normally could be expected, and that the chance of crop failure could be much higher.

This expanded production is necessary to meet the RFS demand for ethanol, … but this marginal increase of ethanol is highly risky from a production stand-point. 

Hey, … wasn’t the whole idea to get a more stable supply of motor fuel?!?!?! 

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