Though the mineral waters didn't ease Jefferson's discomfort, he loved "the land of corn, wine, oil, and sunshine".
The data's impact was particularly acute earlier this summer when the department reported that farmers planted 19% more land with corn this year than last, while soyabean acreage fell by 15%.
Its rich red soils, the cotton-quilted hills and uplands, the rushing, turgid rivers, all are alive with tragic memories of the Civil War," he enthused in "Land of Corn and Lobsters".
Ethanol and other non-oil-based fuels have also not proved their commercial value, in some cases yielding less energy than was needed to produce them, or, in ethanol's case, diverting land to corn and driving up food prices.
We oscillated between iconic places -- Iowa, land of corn and hogs, the heartland, a place where the governor proposed the motto "Iowa, a State of Minds," and New York, self-proclaimed "Capital of the World".
A sorghum-sugarcane mix, says Shroff, can yield double the ethanol per acre of land as corn, uses less fertilizer and doesn't raise food prices (not directly, anyway).
He's living off the land, eating corn husks and grubs and he never sleeps ever.
Millions upon millions of acres of land produce corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, hay -- and fruits and vegetables.
I would find land, farm corn and sell it, go fishing and sell the fish, and spend the money on my children".
While land in corn production yields profits of less than $1,000 per ha [20], farmers may receive $4,000 $6,000 per year per turbine [21].
