I also have read this theory in one of our local grain elevator's newsletters to its managers. Europe remembers the horrors of hunger and the feelings of being dependent on a foreign country for its food, its very own lifeblood. We cannot expect to force the European Union to drop its level of subsidies. Instead, to be able to compete, we should try the novel idea of leveling the playing field by moving up to its standards rather than try to bring it down to our standards. We do away with our producers and become dependent on foreign countries for our food, we are at the mercy of the whims of these countries.
Consumers can kiss low food prices goodbye.
OPEC, and the gas and fuel situation, is a glaring example of what will happen if we keep on the track where we are headed. It also seems to me, with the skyrocketing fuel prices, now would be the time to be focusing full time on ethanol and biodiesel to help curb some of our dependency on foreign countries for our fuel needs. Exports We need to cautiously work on trade. We must remove the ag sanctions we hold on many potential trade countries. Let's not use food as a weapon unless we move the control of agricultural production from USDA to the Department of Defense.