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How do you keep them down on the farm ... if all they make is a lousy few mil?(2007 ENERGY)(ethanol)(Cover story)
Fort Dodge, Iowa
WHEN you're a reporter asking Iowans about ethanol, they tend to ask back, "First of all, where are you from?" If you reply that you're from New York, they chuckle and nod. After I told one Iowan in the ethanol business that I spent most of my preYankee life in Texas and Oklahoma, he said to me, "Okay, so at least you know that corn comes out of the ground and not off a supermarket shelf." This sums up how Iowans feel about New Yorkers and agriculture: Our knowledge begins and ends with Whole Foods.
But as I drive through Iowa and get a close-up view of corn production, I am reminded of the industrial landscapes of the Northeast. Here, ...
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