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Lake County News,California - A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

Rising competition for many of the world’s important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include making biofuels; converting crops into processing ingredients, such as livestock meal, hydrogenated oils and starches; and selling them on global markets to countries that can afford to pay for them.
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CNN CNN Newsroom With Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez June 4, 2024 14:35:00

Barren land. >> theres nothing to salvage here? >> oh, no. >> reporter: now its time to plant corn. >> would it grow? >> no. wed just be wasting our money. >> reporter: a severe drought from kansas to california has put 71 million crop acres at risk. 22% of the nations crops. farms are rationing water. some destroying crops that they know wont survive. in the midwest, its the opposite. farms are soaked and planting is weeks behind. its one more strain on farmers with costs skyrocketing for labor...
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