2/27/2006: Wheat mountains

axlrosen · 02-27-2006, 12:16 PM

Wow. I wonder what the consistency is like? I guess it's a lot more solid than you'd think, considering those interesting formations in the foreground. (Not to mention the guy hiking all over it.)

Pancake Man · 02-27-2006, 12:29 PM

He couldn't cross the Grain Mountains, so instead had to go under them, through the Mines of Corn-ia.

Elspode · 02-27-2006, 01:11 PM

This is a Monday IOTD - and grainy days and Mondays always get me down.

ferret88 · 02-27-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

This is a Monday IOTD - and grainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Indeed!

chrisinhouston · 02-27-2006, 03:27 PM

This is interesting because over most of the past century, the USA produced the most wheat for consumption and export. Starting at the turn of the last century St. Paul, MN lead the world in production and export but now we are not the leaders in this area. Instead we lead the world in the production of corn.

Why? Because the demand for corn syrup for our wonderful processed and fast foods and drinks has totally changed the face of the american farmland. Furthermore corn can be grown year after year with less need for rotating crops, just as long as the farmer uses a ton of fertilizer and some pesticides it just keeps growing.

Now Corn is really going to be king as the push to make fuel from ethanol grows.

tw · 02-27-2006, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Instead we lead the world in the production of corn.

Why? Because the demand for corn syrup for our wonderful processed and fast foods and drinks has totally changed the face of the american farmland.

Not exactly. The reason we grow so much corn is also why America (and France) are accused of undermining world trade. Government subsidies for corn are some of the world's largest. Its lower price is also another reason why corn syrup - pure sugar - is replacing nutritious ingredients in American foods. For example, Apple Juice was once from apples. Now corn syrup is a major ingredient - pure sugar.

Ask not why we are eating too much. Ask why there is now so much sugar in American diets.

And ask why corn could be better produced in other nations where people need the jobs - if American government subsidies did not subvert world corn prices.

dar512 · 02-27-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pancake Man

He couldn't cross the Grain Mountains, so instead had to go under them, through the Mines of Corn-ia.

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Originally Posted by Elspode

This is a Monday IOTD - and grainy days and Mondays always get me down.

I knew there was a reason I liked it here.

Kitsune · 02-28-2006, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by axlrosen

Not to mention the guy hiking all over it.

Come on down to the Tampa Brewery sometime! I'll buy you a pint and tell you the stories of what we do to the sacks of barley and hops that are stored in stacks that we use as comfortable seats while waiting our turn to play darts.

Trilby · 02-28-2006, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Come on down to the Tampa Brewery sometime! I'll buy you a pint and tell you the stories of what we do to the sacks of barley and hops that are stored in stacks that we use as comfortable seats while waiting our turn to play darts.

What you do to the sacks of barley and hops---does it rhyme with darts?

Kitsune · 02-28-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

What you do to the sacks of barley and hops---does it rhyme with darts?

Tampa Brewery has unique, aromatic blends. Not much to my taste, though. I prefer the mixed drinks, there.

02-27-2006, 12:16 PM	#1
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	Wow. I wonder what the consistency is like? I guess it's a lot more solid than you'd think, considering those interesting formations in the foreground. (Not to mention the guy hiking all over it.) __________________ Warp Bill Gates

02-27-2006, 01:11 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This is a Monday IOTD - and grainy days and Mondays always get me down. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	He couldn't cross the Grain Mountains, so instead had to go under them, through the Mines of Corn-ia.

02-27-2006, 03:27 PM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	This is interesting because over most of the past century, the USA produced the most wheat for consumption and export. Starting at the turn of the last century St. Paul, MN lead the world in production and export but now we are not the leaders in this area. Instead we lead the world in the production of corn. Why? Because the demand for corn syrup for our wonderful processed and fast foods and drinks has totally changed the face of the american farmland. Furthermore corn can be grown year after year with less need for rotating crops, just as long as the farmer uses a ton of fertilizer and some pesticides it just keeps growing. Now Corn is really going to be king as the push to make fuel from ethanol grows.

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