clipped from: www.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He's not predicting the weather, but House Minority Leader John Boehner on Thursday voiced worry about the potential for a food fight should drought disrupt the U.S. supply of corn this summer.
"If we get into a drought of any sort in the Midwest we are going to have real fight over who gets the grain, who gets the corn, whether its the cereal producers, the ethanol producers or frankly the livestock producers," the Ohio Republican said at a news conference.
Shrinking world grain stockpiles, coupled with higher U.S. demand for corn to produce ethanol to help fuel cars in the face of record gasoline prices, have strained global food supplies.