Ethanol Binge' Sends Corn Prices Skyward

Last week US BioEnergy had a ground-breaking ceremony at a new ethanol plant in Dyersville, Iowa, bringing to 78 the number of ethanol plants under construction, with 113 already operating. And that's not good news for the ranchers and poultry farmers of the Rocky Mountain West. Amid the "ethaphoria" currently gripping agribusiness and certain parts of the nation's capital, a growing chorus of voices is pointing out an unintended consequence on the reliance on corn and grains as the ...

From - EcologicalInternet.org (Dr. Glen Barry)