[Muleteam1]

I've lived nearly sixty years and I know of few things that have gotten cheaper. Not only is corn higher but it takes a lot of water, something we don't have a lot of out here in west Texas. If corn is high now, wait until the ethanol plants start competing with Del Monte for it.

A farmer told me yesterday his irrigation operation was costing $16,000 per day this summer in electricity. Ethanol is only an alternative but I doubt it will lower energy costs. However, it will bring some of those costs back home.

[Mr. Lucky]

The use of corn for ethanol is not inconsistent with the use of it for food. Only a very minor percentage of the yellow dent corn crop is raised on semi arid soils requiring irrigation.