NY Times: Corn for Food, Not Fuel

• The 2012 drought has now parched about 60 percent of the contiguous 48 states. As a result, global food prices are rising steeply. 
• More than one-third of our corn crop is used to feed livestock. Another 13 percent is exported, much of it to feed livestock as well. Another 40 percent is used to produce ethanol. The remainder goes toward food and beverage production.
• By suspending renewable-fuel standards that were unwise from the start, the Environmental Protection Agency could divert vast amounts of corn from inefficient ethanol production back into the food chain, where market forces and common sense dictate it should go.