In spite of the worst drought on record in the last 50-80 years, U.S. corn farmers are producing a crop that ranks in the top ten crops in terms of yield.
Now THAT’S impressive.
Improved genetics and crop management techniques deserve all the credit. Companies like Monsanto and Syngenta that are investing in research producing plants that grow more efficiently in stressed conditions have produced corn plants that produce even if horrible droughts.
Without these corn plants, without these genetics, your life as a consumer of meat products would be considerably worse.
It’s a silver lining to the clouds that never came in 2012.
