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Old 05-29-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Unhappy Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila
Mexican farmers burning agave fields and replanting them with corn



MEXICO CITY - Mexican farmers are setting ablaze fields of blue agave, the cactus-like plant used to make the fiery spirit tequila, and resowing the land with corn as soaring U.S. ethanol demand pushes up prices

The switch to corn will contribute to an expected scarcity of agave in coming years, with officials predicting that farmers will plant between 25 percent and 35 percent less agave this year to turn the land over to corn.



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Old 05-29-2007   #2 (permalink)
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Mexican farmers burning agave fields and replanting them with corn



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Wow, you're brave. I wouldn't risk being the bearer of such bad news.
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This is just horrible!!! I mean corn ethanol is not even energy efficient yet.....sheesh..this is just a disgusting, knee-jerk reaction to liberal BS corn stalk huggers!

God save the agave!
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fck 'em........I've got 200 acres prime agave production land in Kingsville.......all I need is a still and some used cognac barrels
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you've got to stop this don't you have connections?
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This is just horrible!!! I mean corn ethanol is not even energy efficient yet.....sheesh..this is just a disgusting reaction to liberal BS corn stalk huggers!

And besides the price of tequila will go up....
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how are they gonna harvest that corn when all their field workers get their new work visas???
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fck 'em........I've got 200 acres prime agave production land in Kingsville.......all I need is a still and some used cognac barrels
Yeah, I'm sure I can find some cognac barrels around here somewhere...Remy Martin or Courvoisier?
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buy futures in agave!!
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fck 'em........I've got 200 acres prime agave production land in Kingsville.......all I need is a still and some used cognac barrels
I can help you out with the still.
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I can help you out with the still.
nice to see you fixed your signature, Maynard
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nice to see you fixed your signature, Maynard
I got some good advice.
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pfft. I've heard about the agave plants getting scarce, then they got overplanted and the bottom fell out, now they'll equal out to where they should be. I'm not concerned.
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SCTX's Tejano Agave Juice.........now to design the label.......I think the bottle will be in the shape of an innertube......just open the air stem and pour
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I am so going to buy that.
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