Farmers struggle to find more space to grow crops, Biden makes the situation worse
10/21/2021 / By Arsenio Toledo
Farmers say the surge in demand for food means they need more space to grow crops to meet the demand. But their situation is about to get even more dire as President Joe Biden pushes to increase the use of renewable fuel.
Dan Basse, president of the agriculture consultancy firm AgResource Co., warned that Biden’s climate agenda is about to trigger a boom in the use of biofuels from crops like soy and corn at a time when farmers are already under extreme pressure.
A lot of states in America prevent agricultural companies from using imported feedstocks to use as biofuels. Basse believes this regulation means more farmers will be tempted by the lucrative market to convert their fields to grow soybeans or corn instead of other crops.
Bill Thomson, senior trade editor for Agri-Pulse, believes corn and soybean farmers will soon be providing their feedstocks to the aviation industry to supply it with biofuels.
https://www.environ.news/2021-10-21-farmers-struggle-finding-space-to-grow-crops.html
