[Hendrikto]

> It feeds the entire US (hundreds of millions of people), is used as animal feed (thus also feeding us), and is widely exported to feed other people.

Not really. Most corn grown in the US isn’t even fit for consumption. It is primarily used for fermenting bioethanol.

[daveguy]

Source?

[Hendrikto]

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feed-gr...

[raddan]

The report you link says that 45% is used for ethanol. A lot, but not “most.”

[Hendrikto]

I could have worded that more clearly: The vast majority (90%+) of corn grown in the US is not for human consumption, with most of that 90% being used for bioethanol.