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To: Attention Surplus Disorder; thackney

OK ... does corn for ethenol pay more than corn for flakes, or oil, or syrup ?


3 posted on 03/09/2015 8:42:27 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: knarf

Generally speaking the answer is No. It pays about the same.


13 posted on 03/09/2015 8:50:16 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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I think the point is that the gov’t isn’t creating an artificial demand for those other products,

and the free market would direct the use of the land to other products than corn.


15 posted on 03/09/2015 8:51:30 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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OK ... does corn for ethenol pay more than corn for flakes, or oil, or syrup ?

It's not that it pays more, it's that it's a whole different market for corn. According to iowacorn.org, 47% of Iowa corn goes into ethanol production.

18 posted on 03/09/2015 8:52:25 AM PDT by Maceman
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Farmers have overproduced corn and now the price is low. If too many plant corn this year, the price will go lower.


20 posted on 03/09/2015 8:52:37 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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“OK ... does corn for ethenol pay more than corn for flakes, or oil, or syrup ?”

Probably not. But the lobby is probably more powerful.


38 posted on 03/09/2015 9:28:28 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: knarf
OK ... does corn for ethenol pay more than corn for flakes, or oil, or syrup ?

It is a commodity. The seller doesn't change his price for the buyer. They buyer doesn't pay more than the market price.

50 posted on 03/09/2015 10:22:34 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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