Last I heard, the whole of US agriculture was energy negative,due to
inputs of fuel and artificial fertilisers.
Of course, that may be just propaganda from a pissed off Australian
farm sector which can't afford to compete with heavily subsidised
production (damn socialists!)
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 03/01/2008, at 6:36 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
> Those particular "various studies" have long since been
> debunked--especially when you consider that the distiller's grains
> are still usable as feed for our critters we eat. So, all that corn
> isn't exactly going to waste. Oh, and all those critters are
> providing wonderful fertilizer to reduce the need for chemical
> nitrogen input. In fact, there has been a huge increase in hog
> production here JUST for the fertilizer. Turns out they are very
> productive fertilizer generators.
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