Iowa's crop loss $3 billion
- added June 21, 2008
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- uroborus8
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Following the devastating 2008 floods in Iowa, the corn and soybean crops are destroyed. The effect on Iowa's 90,000 farmers will be long lasting, but the effect will be felt around the globe. Iowa feeds the country with it's corn, pigs, cows and soy products. Expect a rise in already high food prices and ethanol prices.
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Don't forget that its not just Iowa. Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and parts of Wisconsin. These are highly agrarian areas with Indiana being the leader in Soy production and Iowa the leader in Corn production for the nation. Both states produce more grain than most sovereign nations and as urobus said this will in fact be felt at your grocery store come October.
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Guess the price of ethonal will go up now
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- Jtonio4823
- 3 months ago
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Experts predict ethonal production will not longer be profitable.
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Eat California vegetables, not Iowa corn and bacon!
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- Julie_Soller
- 3 months ago
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I saw the story on Jim Lehrer News Hour last night, the pigs that all died from drowning and the rest they found alive and struggling and had to shoot on site. very sad.
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- stephenthomson
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The flood was probably the first opportunity most of the pigs had to see daylight. Most pigs are confined their entire lives in industrial warehouses. Their breading makes them very sensitive to direct sunlight. -
Oh goody, more to add to the food shortages.
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- Dmitri_Molotov
- 3 months ago
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