Record Number of Acres Expected in 2011

Keith Good's Farm Policy reports that several sources, including a Wall Street Journal analyst, predict a record number of acres will be planted this year. The reports are all singing the same song, shorter global food supplies due to major weather calamities will increase U.S. acreage.

It's also worth reading further to see an interesting item in Good's report by Dennis T. Avery. A senior fellow for the think tank, Hudson Institute. Avery offers a different take on the food supply shortage related to the need for increased yields, "The public must get over its chemo phobia, and license its farmers to use the pest controls that work best, whether they be chemical or biotechnological." He specifically mentions DDT and Dursban.