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Because corn is used in ethanol production, it raises the price of corn and raises the price of beef, pork, and chicken.


12 posted on 08/02/2015 5:28:12 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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Because corn is used in ethanol production, it raises the price of corn and raises the price of beef, pork, and chicken.

Actually, they feed the spent beer-mash to livestock. It's said to be a better feed than the raw grain.

Recent high beef prices were related to the drought.

14 posted on 08/02/2015 5:31:16 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republican Freed the Slaves" month.)
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