<story><title>Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn</title><url>https://thecounter.org/mexico-phaseout-glyphosate-genetically-engineered-corn-united-states/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lvxferre</author><text>This is just my impression, so do tell me if I&amp;#x27;m incorrect, but I always got the impression that those North American countries like Mexico and USA rely a bit too much on corn, to the detriment of a more diverse set of crops. Renewable fuel? Corn. Cattle food? Corn. Staple carb? Corn. Sweetener? Corn.&lt;p&gt;Aren&amp;#x27;t they putting too many eggs in the same basket?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rrrrrrrrrrrryan</author><text>The staple native grain of Europe is wheat, rice in Asia, and corn in the Americas.&lt;p&gt;At least that&amp;#x27;s the historical context. Today, the reason why America produces so much corn is because of government subsidies, and so she can always feed herself if WWIII ever breaks out and all the borders shut down (unlike many modern first world nations).</text></comment>
<story><title>Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn</title><url>https://thecounter.org/mexico-phaseout-glyphosate-genetically-engineered-corn-united-states/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lvxferre</author><text>This is just my impression, so do tell me if I&amp;#x27;m incorrect, but I always got the impression that those North American countries like Mexico and USA rely a bit too much on corn, to the detriment of a more diverse set of crops. Renewable fuel? Corn. Cattle food? Corn. Staple carb? Corn. Sweetener? Corn.&lt;p&gt;Aren&amp;#x27;t they putting too many eggs in the same basket?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>X6S1x6Okd1st</author><text>At least in the US this was intentional. 115 B over the last 25 years.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;farm.ewg.org&amp;#x2F;progdetail.php?fips=00000&amp;amp;progcode=corn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;farm.ewg.org&amp;#x2F;progdetail.php?fips=00000&amp;amp;progcode=corn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;biofuel from corn was explicitly subsidized and protected as well:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Agricultural_subsidy#United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Agricultural_subsidy#United_St...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>