The only conclusion to draw from a year like this one is that Mother Nature is not always kind.
Never waste a good crisis, at least when it comes to
the op-ed section. On the subject of this year’s historic drought, the
chattering classes have certainly obliged.William Moseley contributed a sermon for the New York Times, pinning the scarlet A on corn and damning it for all that is wrong with agriculture.
The author informs us that because corn is particularly vulnerable to a hot, dry period during the crucial week of pollination, no sensible farmer should grow it. Gosh, without the agronomic advice of professors of geography, I wouldn’t know what to plant on my farm here in Missouri!
