[xzins]

I don't believe there are any restrictions on planting corn at all. A farmer can plant all they want....fencerow to fencerow.

[Bob Buchholz]

Wonder when the dims are going to go after ADM for price gouging?

[Calpernia]

ping

[Uncle Ike]

Ah, yes --

"Opportunity Cost" -- the fact of life that everybody knows and lives with...

With the exception of Economists, Ecologists, and Gummint Officials.....

[betsyross1776]

One thing about corn is all you have to do is go out and plant to get it. A lot of farmers who were paid not to plant in certain ares can now plant the corn necessary. If corn is being gobbled up , you can plant more. Better then dancing with Iran and worrying the Saudis will get mad if somebody doesn't beat their wife. Get out the plows and put those seeds in the corn will be as high as an elephants eye this year.

[Calpernia]

Monsanto has tried to control the market for genetically altered corn and soybean seeds. Monsanto spent billions in the 1980's to invent specialized seeds and sold the rights to make them to big seed companies like Pioneer.

[GVnana]

Wouldn't beet sugar be more efficient? Isn't that what Brazil is using?

[nascarnation]

too many obese folks in the US anyway
cranking up the food price should help

/partial sarcasm

[CottShop]

LOl LOL LOL- we'll be seeing reports such as "Corn traders see upcomming cold snap as a danger to product- Corn prices to rise above $3.00 per pound" or "Saudi corn growers forsee corn shortage 'sometime in the future' and decide to raise prices' or "Storm off the coast 'may' hit inland, corn prices soar"

The following link does not relate to this thread http://sacredscoop.com

[2harddrive]

Why not just make ethanol out of ethane from Natural Gas, and water? Has no one ever thought of this - am I a genious? LOL.

[Hoodat]

High Demand Causes Surge in Corn Prices

Duh. Did leftists really not see this coming? Are they really that inept when it comes to basic economics? Next they will be telling us that mandating Californians to purchase medical insurance (increasing demand at the point of a gun) will somehow result in lower insurance rates. Oh brother.

[M. Espinola]

The grain market in general is heading toward the early summer of 1996 life time record highs. Corn is king.

Ethanol inflames grain market: Corn, wheat prices hit daily maximum