President Obama inspects drought damaged corn on the McIntosh farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa - pics

[Kadie]

President Barack Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, second from right, inspect drought damaged corn on the McIntosh farm with members of the McIntosh family including Roger McIntosh at left, , Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa.
















U.S. President Barack Obama talks next to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack after they tour the McIntosh family farm with the owners to view drought ridden fields of corn in Missouri Valley, Iowa, August 13, 2012.






Drought-stricken corn grows on the McIntosh farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on August 13, 2012, where US President Barack Obama visited to inspect conditions.


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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Wonder who coordinated their shirts.

[all american girl]

2. They look like the Iowa farmers I grew up around

only cleaned up a bit

[Enrique]

3. pretty much the same as the Romney corn photo-op

I'm glad they both are at least paying lip service, hopefully more, although at the same time it is funny to see them out there looking at corn.

[farmbo]

4. Where's your sarcasm icon?

Romney visited an Iowa farm alright--- of a multi-millionaire real estate mogul/farmer who owns dozens of farms. He also lives in a space ship house and owns a personal car wash.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/10/667431/romney-visits-iowa-farmer-who-is-also-a-millionaire-real-estate-mogul-with-a-personal-car-wash/

What kind of a farmer has a personal car wash for his pickup?

Another Romney Farm Fail.

[rocktivity]

5. A multi-millionaire farmer? He's probably got an irrigation system

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Which explains why his corn looks so healthy.



But whereas Obama manages to looks presidential even in a corn field, Mitt looks, well, lost in the woods...


rocktivity

[emmadoggy]

10. Please see my post to tclambert below.

While I agree that the field Romney looked at is not nearly as drought damaged and the one Obama visited, the corn in the Romney field is not particularly healthy either.

And while it is POSSIBLE that he has an irrigation system, there is VERY little irrigation used in Iowa, so I would say that chances are high that it is not.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

11. What kind of farmer? One with a clean pickup.

[grahamhgreen]

6. This has nothing to do with global warming!

[lobodons]

7. Meanwhile, Ryan is enjoying the Fair.

Meanwhile, Ryan is enjoying the Fair.

[tclambert]

8. Now that corn looks dry.

The cornfield Romney visited looked great--green and lush. He had to pretend he was concerned about drought, with no evidence of it in sight.

[emmadoggy]

9. You are correct in that the field that Obama

looked at is obviously much more dry and damaged (it looks horrendous, in fact!). But the Romney corn is not necessarily healthy either. Generally, most healthy corn is a darker, richer green and is taller than the corn shown in the pics. So while it is easily not as drought ravaged as the Obama corn, it most likely is not unharmed by the drought.

Here in the corner of Iowa where I live, most of the corn looks similar to the Romney corn. We are in a severe drought, and believe me, the corn is affected. A large area of the state is in extreme drought. I don't remember where the Romney visit was located, but the Obama visit is in an area that is in extreme drought. (Also, different varieties of corn handle the drought differently - some are not as drought resistant as others.)

The Romney visit is still a joke because of who the farmer was though!

[Hotler]

12. I wonder how many corn farmers are republican and now are....

in favor of "Big Government" amd want "Big Government" to help them out. I say let them pull themselves up by there own bootstraps. If they are suffering , they failed to plan ahead.

[Historic NY]

13. A lot of silage if they can get enough...I can see the price rising

even more in the supermarket.