Well the troops (corn farmers) are getting restless and tired of having corn ethanol blamed on the national syndicated newscasts like FOX, CNN, MSNBC and others. I have received a number of calls from not only Nebraska corn farmers, but from Kansas as well this week, asking, “Where do they get off on blaming corn/ethanol for higher food prices, or for starvation, or for contributing to the conflict in Egypt?” I sure cannot disagree with their premise. It seems that the oil lobby, the Grocery Manufactures and a few other misinformed groups are gaining in the headline battle.
Today was somewhat of the frosting on the cake (I hope that frosting contained HFCS), when one article went to the extreme in blaming the conflict in Egypt on corn ethanol. They were accusing ethanol because of the demonstrations of their food prices going up. I have to say, I think most readers are smarter than the author gave them credit.
One of the signals the conflict in Egypt should send to all of us in the U.S. is that being less dependent on foreign oil would be a good thing. We have the ability here in the U.S., and in other countries, to grow more grain on fewer acres with fewer resources. Now we need more farmers, like the ones that have called our office this week, to communicate to the FOX, CNN, MSNBC and other news sources that they need to be more fair and balanced, and share the other side of the story.
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