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jacksfan Champion Author Lincoln Posts:2,554 Points:1,235,205 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 17, 2012 10:05:19 AM Ignore jacksfan Report Abuse Global Perspective on Corn Shows All Demands Being Met Summary: “It’s impossible to take an honest look at what is happening and blame ethanol for commodity price spikes and world hunger,” Niemeyer said. “Day in and day out, season after season, we and our farmer colleagues around the world are growing and harvesting corn to meet all needs and are actively seeking new markets to capitalize on a product that is sustainable and renewable.” Full article ...

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Global Perspective on Corn Shows All Demands Being Met

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“It’s impossible to take an honest look at what is happening and blame ethanol for commodity price spikes and world hunger,” Niemeyer said. “Day in and day out, season after season, we and our farmer colleagues around the world are growing and harvesting corn to meet all needs and are actively seeking new markets to capitalize on a product that is sustainable and renewable.”

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Hydrogen Rookie Author Twin Cities Posts:30 Points:3,085 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2012 4:44:49 PM Ignore Hydrogen Report Abuse Wait until government subsidies dry up... hopefully soon.
tbass14 Rookie Author Wisconsin Posts:1 Points:3,095 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Jul 16, 2012 2:07:44 PM Ignore tbass14 Report Abuse I want my 20 points
SilverStreaker Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:11,917 Points:2,212,350 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2012 9:44:39 AM Ignore SilverStreaker Report Abuse The cost of your ice cream could go up because of the oil boom: Oil boom eating up ice cream ingredient
GM1954 Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,950 Points:131,880 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: May 16, 2012 4:00:33 PM Ignore GM1954 Report Abuse Ditto.
SilverStreaker Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:11,917 Points:2,212,350 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 16, 2012 3:05:54 PM Ignore SilverStreaker Report Abuse Good points, GC.
gamechanger2011 Champion Author Wichita Posts:1,525 Points:54,110 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 10:01:33 PM Ignore gamechanger2011 Report Abuse RFA article "DRAMATIC INCREASES IN CROP PRODUCTIVITY HAVE ENSURED ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF CORN ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL USES No reasonable advocate for American ethanol will tell you that using corn to produce ethanol has no impact on food prices. But, to suggest that the driving factor behind the rise in food prices is our effort to develop a domestic renewable ethanol industry is disingenuous. An historic look at U.S. corn production and demand streams demonstrates that virtually every bushel of corn now turned into fuel and feed by U.S. ethanol producers comes from increases in productivity – not by “diverting” supplies from other uses like livestock feed. Improved farming practices and seed technology advances are responsible for the dramatic increases in corn yields over the past four decades. Corn yields during 1970-1980 averaged 89.8 bushels per acre whereas corn yields during 2000-2010 averaged 145.4 bushels per acre. Average corn yield per acre has more than doubled in the last 40 years, from 72.4 bushels per acre in 1970 to 152.8 bushels per acre in 2010. In 2010, U.S. farmers had the third largest crop and fourth-highest average yield in history. Seed companies such as Monsanto and Pioneer project average corn yield may double, reaching 250 to 300 bushels per acre by 2030. Annual grain supplies have grown large enough to satisfy increased demand from all end users. The impact of U.S. ethanol production on world grain supplies is minimal for feedstock demand. U.S. ethanol production accounts for just 3% on a net basis of what is projected to be the largest global grain supply in history in 2011. That means 97% of all the grain produced in the world is available for other uses. It’s important to understand that there are different types of corn: sweet corn is consumed by humans and not used in the production of ethanol whereas field corn is used to feed livestock as well as to produce ethanol."
SilverStreaker Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:11,917 Points:2,212,350 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 6:40:26 PM Ignore SilverStreaker Report Abuse Bumped to add to the corn debate...
Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:4,303 Points:502,155 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2012 12:34:40 PM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse They closed a brand new ethanol plant in central PA last year because of a corn shortage that drove prices up....did not make economic sense to produce.
SilverStreaker Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:11,917 Points:2,212,350 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 17, 2012 10:29:33 AM Ignore SilverStreaker Report Abuse An Ontario Report concludes likewise.