[xcamel]

I started telling the "etha-nazis" what was going to happen about 2 years ago - and got abused and laughed at up one side and down the other - now who's laughing - Just start with milk nearing $5 per gallon

Only a fool would use his food for fuel.

[Mr. Lucky]

Only a fool would think that the $.50 per bushel increase in the value of corn from last year to this makes much difference in the price of a gallon of milk.

Even assuming that retail milk prices were determined by the dairyman's cost of production (they aren't), the influence of the price of corn would be minimal. A Holstein dairy cow will produce about 8 gallons of milk per day. A $.50 increase in the cost of corn translates into an average increase in the cost of a lactating cow's daily feed ration of about $.15, or $.02 per gallon (and even that assumes the dairyman has no ability to substitute other ingredients such as ddg's in the ration).

[Darnright]

>Only a fool would use his food for fuel.<

Particularly when it takes more petroleum to produce the equivalent amount of ethanol.

Talk about the dog chasing its tail!