What Type Of Assistance Do Ian And Curt Go About Planting Corn

1.Why do Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis move to Iowa? What are their goals?
- Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis move to Iowa because they figure out that corn is a major part of American diet. Therefore, they determine to grow an acre of corn in Iowa and trace where all the corn goes.
2.What types of foods contains corn?
- Types of foods contains corn are sauces, beef, pork, chicken, frozen entrees, breakfast cereals, breads, cookies, beverages and more.
3.How do Ian and Curt go about planting corn? What materials and equipment are used? What kind of assistance do they receive from local farmers?
- Ian and Curt plan to grow an acre of corn on a borrowed land then try to follow step by step to grow corn in order to see where all the corn goes.
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They also help Ian and Curt in seeking the land, seeds, fertilizers, and herbicides, and everything else, which are needed for growing one acre of corn.
4.What type of assistance do Ian and Curt obtain from the government?
- The government subsidizes farmers. Ian and Curt are paid $28 per acre of corn. The farming program from the government states that the more corn they grow the more money they will get.
5.In tracing the corn harvest, what do Ian and Curt discover where all the corn goes?
- Ian and Curt discover that they do not know where all the corn would end up. They grow 10000 pounds of corn. About 32% of the corn will be exported or turn into an ethanol, then the corn will turn into our food or our hair. Besides, 490 pounds of corn will become sweetener, which is also known as High fructose corn syrup (HFCS). 5500 pounds of the corn will feed to animals to become meat.

6.What industries use significant quantities of corn?
- The industry uses significant quantities of corn is the corn sweetener

- High consumption of HFCS has a huge impact on society. HFCS contributes to the development of Type 2 Diabetes and the risk of weight gain and obesity.
9.Who was Secretary Earl Butz? What policy did he promote in 1973?
- Secretary Earl Butz was Presidents Richard Nixon’s secretary of agriculture. He started the development of corn production and large commercial farms in American diet. He promoted the police to keep farmers from bankrupt in years when the supply of crops exceeds demand. The government subsidized farmers to keep supply and demand in balance. The policy sometimes paid farmers to not grow food in order to keep agricultural prices high and allow small farms to survive.

10.How did Secretary Butz’ 1973 policy change agriculture? The American diet?
- By improving the farming techniques, the corn production increased. This lowered the price of food, so that people only spent about 16% to 17% of take-home pays in food. By extending the rich of agriculture and transforming the way to farm, food becomes more affordable and fieldworks become easier. Corn yield has increased, so there are more corn plants per