Re: Fertilizer shortage hits USA

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:22:52 -0800 in alt.culture.alaska, jbohren
<dontspamjeff_bohren@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I have a hard time believing that a dairy farmer doesn't have any 
> fertilizer.  If anything, that farmer would have a tougher time 
> disposing of it.  At least my family in Tillamook did!!

Our agricultural system (and its financing) have become dependent
on artificial chemical fertilizers like urea, which is made from
natural gas.  The whole system has become addicted to the high
yields of junk crops like feed corn used to overfatten beef
cattle in feedlots and to make high fructose corn syrup for our
junk foods, and they need those artificial fertilizers to get
those unnaturally high yields.

Organic fertilization with animal manure produces lower yields of
crops that have real food value, but don't make the kind of
profits banks want to see when they finance farmers.