Ethanol Side Effects, Part 4

Aside from whatever corn acreage increase we will see in the United States, other North American farmers will plant an additional 6 million acres.

• Mexican corn farmers are expected to plant 25.3 million acres of corn this year, up 4.3 million from the 21 million last year. The nation's corn growers' association also is pushing the government for an added 1.9 million acres of irrigation water for the 2007 corn crop.
• Canadian farmers this year will increase the size of that country's crop by nearly 1.75 million acres. The Canadian crop is expected to hit 11 million acres, up from 9.27 million in 2006.