NO irrigation in a drought year. BlueViolets Corn for food can be grown on the same land instead of ethanol corn. The corn for ethanol is different from corn for cattle or people. My suggestion was to replace the non-edible ethanol corn with edible corn or wheat or soybeans or whatever the farmer was growing before he started growing ethanol corn. It was probably corn so he wouldn't need to get different machinery. Or better yet use the soybeans for ethanol as they really aren't all that healthy for human or cattle consumption. They are mostly GMO crops anyway plus the only safe soy is fermented. For that matter most corn crops have been genetically tinkered with too so I no longer eat the stuff. One doesn't know yet how it will affect humans but from the studies on animals it doesn't look to good. ttp://twitter.com/DonBahn1 Don Bahn I would like to send the cost of repair to my 1980 motorcycle, and air cooled yard equipment to Obama. sandraleesmith46 The goal is to break the economy, NOT to do something seriously for the environment; hence the repeated funneling of funds into these so-called "green" energy "holes" that just swallow money and cause MORE problems than they resolve. It's NEVER been about saving the environment, any more than "Obamacare" was ever about providing health care for anyone. Yes, the corn ethanol production SHOULD be stopped and the corn used properly for FOOD. sandraleesmith46 Unfortunately, the reality is that MANY Americans DO