Very interesting

[Merk]

Originally Posted by ol'George

No one is telling me yet to grow corn, and @ 72, I prolly should sell my old vintage tractors/equipment for scrap, and sit on the porch and let nature take it's course.
But I enjoy being productive and doing what I always did, although at a much reduced acreage.
The thought if sitting in a chair playing board games is not my idea of retirement, but I'm sure all will have different ideas.
As a good steward of the soil, it is advised to rotate crops, IE: soybeans/corn, or other crops.

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I would be thanking ethanol instead of complaining about ethanol if I was you. The price of corn would be 30 to 40% less than it is now. Worth saying again.....you don't have to grow corn for ethanol plants.

The family farm I grew up on had a 3 crop rotation program for years. We grew dent corn ( animal feed-same corn use to make ethanol)-wheat and soybeans. Quit growing wheat because we would loose around 30% of the crop because of spring flooding. Every time we tried 2nd crop beans on the wheat acres we usually get an early frost. We now have a 2 crop rotation program now-soybeans and popcorn.

by ol'George
My son has a late model pickup truck that can use E85 fuel as per manufacture.
For him, the reduced mileage/power of E85 does not pencil out vs the reduced fuel cost of E85.
Cost ways, it it is better to use just regular E10 which is commonly available.

I need the price of E85 to be $.50 to $.55 a gallon cheaper to make E85 cost effective. I do not notice any difference in power in my 2012 Chevy 2500 HD. My is mainly used to haul loads and pull trailers weighing 3000 to 9500 pounds.