How about this unintended consequence:
Tequila Is Latest Victim Of Ethanol Boom
Record-high prices for corn, fueled by federal subsidies meant to boost ethanol production, are influencing the decisions of farmers south of the border, just as they are in the United States. Mexican farmers are plowing under or burning their fields of agave, beans, potatoes, rice and barley for one reason: growing corn is suddenly far more lucrative.
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