[EternalVigilance]

A large proportion of the corn from which ethanol is being extracted is left over to feed to cattle. They thrive on it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***A large proportion of the corn from which ethanol is being extracted is left over to feed to cattle.***

About 28 years ago during the first ethanol binge a local producer poisoned a large number of cattle when he sold his leftovers to the feed yards. The corn he used was surplus planting corn that had been treated and dyed with an mercury anti-fungiside.

[suijuris]

A large proportion of the corn from which ethanol is being extracted is left over to feed to cattle. They thrive on it.,p>

EXACTLY, and because there are so many ethanol plants going on line there is a glut of it and the cost in many areas has dropped to $60 ton. The whole thing balances out. Corn way up ... DGs way down. DGs are so concentrated with proteins, vitamins an minerals it must be mixed with normal rations and increases the productivity of beef cattle as much as ten percent. All this BS about cost of food going up because of ethanol production is just that... so much BS.

[dave k]

A large proportion of the corn from which ethanol is being extracted is left over to feed to cattle. They thrive on it.

A correlation could be made here:

increased ethanol production => increased methane production (cattle farts) => increased global warming

I'm thinking that ethanol is no so good after all...