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To: goldstategop
The WSJ article doesn't mention the biggest factor behind rising food costs is energy costs!

Don't forget the boneheaded ethanol mandates that have us plowing 25 percent of our corn crop into a marginally-efficient fuel.

And farmers all over the country are replacing soybeans and other crops with corn as a result, which means across-the-board rises in crop prices.

6 posted on 08/08/2008 6:36:46 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

“And farmers all over the country are replacing soybeans and other crops with corn as a result, which means across-the-board rises in crop prices.”

Except for the really smart farmers. We have 700 acres of soybean around us. Soybeans are selling for $12.39 a bushel and will most likely go up nearer harvest. Corn has fallen to $5.42 a bushel. (But that’s still historically high for corn.)

There’s ALWAYS money to be made in any market. I love it when the Dims try to screw Americans. A lot of us are smart enough to outwit them at every turn...it’s the DOLTS that keep voting for them that are the problem to the markets as a whole, but are a blessing to we ‘Contrarians.’ : )


32 posted on 08/08/2008 7:30:12 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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