The government will eventually get around to taxing me for my cattle. You see, they fart... a lot. (You would too if you ate corn and grass.)
It will be an Al Gore "green tax" and it will be BS (sorry, couldn't help it).
The earth has heated up since the last ice age and while I'm sure that some linkage might be made to the industrialization of the world I'm sure not going back to a friggin' cave anytime soon. Al Gore is as full of it as my bulls. When he drives a POS S-BOX Mini-Mobile I'll drive one. Until then, KMA and leave me alone.
Right now corn prices are silly and cattle prices have been weak. Why? Because corn is expensive to buy as you are competing with the ethanol producers. Cattle eat corn. Who wins? Not the cattle.
Makes complete sense; right?
(Only our leaders could screw up a wet dream.)
I also blame the grain lobby, big gas and anyone else that believes this load of crap.
Also and FWIW, when diesel fuel had it's aromatics changed in the process of removing sulfer it screwed up the "old" seals on a lot of diesel engines. Mercedes, Ford and others know. My experience was a $1,400 bill from MB for my dad's car which with 110,000 miles ran perfectly until the second tank of low sulfer.
Alcohol does not like a lot of things and will damage a car not meant to run on it. It will CLEAN a gas tank nicely and send it all to the engine. Beautiful thinking on the part of some not so deep thinkers.
FWIW, we're planting about 80% corn this year because we are greedy Americans and want to get ours while we can.
I feel a damn sight better now...
Tom