Tag: farming

Plotting Popcorn

Every year the company we grow popcorn for plants and harvests a test plot often with thousands of trials in a six acre grid.  This year they are using nine acres.  They use all kinds of hybrids for lots of different reasons, all of which are not known to me.  The equipment they use is always […]

Corn Use, Food Prices, and Ethanol

High commodity prices have reignited the food versus fuel debate.  Not that it ever really went away, but with farmers reaping high prices for several months now you can see how it’s easy for those who don’t have the right information to make the connection that high commodity prices directly lead to high food prices.  […]