As the price of oil has skyrocketed over the past two years, corn farmers-who had even before then been growing their corn at a loss-have had to rely more heavily than ever on subsidies and trade protection by the US government.
近兩年石油價格飆漲，導致原已賠本販售的玉米更不敷成本，農民對美國政府的各種農業津貼和貿易保護也依賴更深。