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To: Chode

They switched from white, human-edible corn to yellow field corn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_ethanol#Economic_impact_of_corn_ethanol


23 posted on 06/08/2013 2:43:46 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: carriage_hill

White corn has always been a tiny niche market in US corn production. Less than 1%. And I’ll wager more is produced now than ever.


25 posted on 06/08/2013 2:51:42 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: carriage_hill
the problem is, so did a lot of the farmers... that means less corn for consumption
26 posted on 06/08/2013 2:52:09 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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