I think the California route is the correct way to go as well. I know we talked last week about the possibility of Biofuels, but in such a cutthroat market, it would be difficult to convince farmers to switch to a "greener" alternative simply for the sake of being green. With the economic slowdown, they are going to be concerned most with maximizing profits through lowering their costs. I still have not seen any data to show that the yield increase from the use of microbes offset the additional costs over convention pesticides, fertilizers, etc.

Plus, a lot of the biocorn being grown is actually genetic engineered corn from Monsanto that is genetically resistant to many of the conventional pests without the use of pesticides.