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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Loin" data-source="post: 519418" data-attributes="member: 5601"><p>Wewild, et al</p><p>Re:</p><p></p><p>Not so! </p><p>It's those promoting the use of ethanol that ain't painting the picture right by using planted figures instead of harvested figures.</p><p>They might as well use planted trees because trees produce as much wheat (grain) as un-harvested wheat.</p><p>Planted wheat that is pastured, made into hay and/or used as a cover crop produces no grain. And grain is what we are talking about. And you can also add soybeans to the list of crops that farmers are not planting so they can produce more corn to fill the demand ethanol has created.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So you see, we are not only talking about wheat, we are also talking about other crops, such as soybeans, that are not being planted to fill the demand for corn.</p><p></p><p>Here are the bogus numbers you asked for.</p><p></p><p>Wheat PLANTED (Planted All Purposes)</p><p>**********Planted</p><p>2004 ***** 59,674</p><p>2005 ***** 57,229 **** down 2,445</p><p>2006 ***** 57,344 **** down 2,330</p><p>2007 ***** 60,433 ********** <u>up 759</u></p><p>Cumulative ********** <strong>down 4,016,000 acres</strong></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/index2.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/index2.jsp</a></p><p>FACT: The cumulative planted acres of wheat from 2004 through 2007 is DOWN 4,016,000 acres</p><p>Now compare wheat "planted" to wheat "harvested"</p><p>Wheat harvested</p><p>2004 ********* 49,999 </p><p>2005 ********* 50,119 </p><p>2006 ********* 46.810 </p><p>2007 ********* 51,011 </p><p>You do the math.</p><p>Do you now see why you don't use "planted" when talking about commodities? </p><p>SL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Loin, post: 519418, member: 5601"] Wewild, et al Re: Not so! It’s those promoting the use of ethanol that ain’t painting the picture right by using planted figures instead of harvested figures. They might as well use planted trees because trees produce as much wheat (grain) as un-harvested wheat. Planted wheat that is pastured, made into hay and/or used as a cover crop produces no grain. And grain is what we are talking about. And you can also add soybeans to the list of crops that farmers are not planting so they can produce more corn to fill the demand ethanol has created. So you see, we are not only talking about wheat, we are also talking about other crops, such as soybeans, that are not being planted to fill the demand for corn. Here are the bogus numbers you asked for. Wheat PLANTED (Planted All Purposes) **********Planted 2004 ***** 59,674 2005 ***** 57,229 **** down 2,445 2006 ***** 57,344 **** down 2,330 2007 ***** 60,433 ********** [u]up 759[/u] Cumulative ********** [b]down 4,016,000 acres[/b] Source: [url=http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/index2.jsp]http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/index2.jsp[/url] FACT: The cumulative planted acres of wheat from 2004 through 2007 is DOWN 4,016,000 acres Now compare wheat “planted” to wheat “harvested” Wheat harvested 2004 ********* 49,999 2005 ********* 50,119 2006 ********* 46.810 2007 ********* 51,011 You do the math. Do you now see why you don’t use “planted” when talking about commodities? SL [/QUOTE]
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