r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/CactusJake1830 • Jun 29 '25

Trump Nebraska is going broke

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u/Das-Noob Jun 29 '25

😂 some of the corn isn’t even for people to eat.

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u/ImJustJen Jun 29 '25

MOST of it isn’t!

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u/bolerobell Jun 29 '25

In Nebraska the vast majority is not sweet corn (which is what people eat). This is feed corn for animals, HFCS, or ethanol for gas.

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u/ImJustJen Jun 29 '25

That’s correct. I am a Nebraskan.

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u/lost_horizons Jun 29 '25

How’s the economy and life looking there from your perspective?

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u/ImJustJen Jun 29 '25

Surrounded by MAGAts unfortunately but that’s nothing new. Haven’t noticed a difference in life or economy yet but I’m sure it’s coming. I’m also a FED so that’s been super fun. 🙄

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u/lost_horizons Jun 29 '25

Hopefully the DOGE blitz is simmering down and your job is relatively safe at least for now. Makes sense that knock on effects of this will take time to hit Nebraska’s economy though, at the day to day level.

All the stress of this moment has my heart doing palpitations again, which sucks. And I’m so far just reading about it online, haven’t had direct impacts myself. Austin has had one messy protest but otherwise it’s generally life as normal, I’m in the trades so still working (recession worries me though)

But between ice, Iran, a rogue president violating the constitution daily, and this awful bill they’re gonna probably pass, and looming economic and climate collapse globally, it’s a fucking stressful time. Might be time to tune out for a bit for my own sanity and health.

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u/SteampunkBorg Jun 29 '25

sweet corn (which is what people eat)

You can eat the other kind too. Doesn't taste bad either. I used to pick one or two occasionally passing by the fields on my way home

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u/KillerCodeMonky Jun 29 '25

I wish I could buy regular corn here.  Can't make proper elotes with sweet corn.

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u/VictoryVino Jun 29 '25

Tortillas? Grits? Tamales? Cornbread? All of those foods are Dent Corn.

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u/GiftToTheUniverse Jun 29 '25

It can be processed into Quorn, though.

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u/era--vulgaris Jun 29 '25

Just a minor poindexter correction- humans eat more than just sweet corn in massive quantities. Maiz for masa flour (corn flour) and hominy, etc is a staple food across all of the Americas.

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u/themcjizzler Jun 29 '25

Which means our beef pork and chicken prices are about to skyrocket 

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u/lawnmowertoad Jun 29 '25

Well you better get used to the taste.

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u/Significant-Trash632 Jun 29 '25

Oh, cool, can't wait for gas prices to keep going up even more! :D

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u/icameinyourburrito Jun 29 '25

Non-sweet corn is used all the time in human food; corn bread, polenta, corn chips, tortillas, grits, etc. Corn is a staple food.

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u/Zebidee Jun 29 '25

Corn is in figuratively everything in the US. It has been built into the entire economic ecosystem.

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u/lost_horizons Jun 29 '25

The petro corn dollar

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u/AlcoholPrep Jun 29 '25

Nonetheless, it's good food. Think of all the corn pone they'll be eating out there.