Saturday, October 1, 2011

'FOR FIRST TIME, MORE CORN USED THAN ETHANOL THAN LIVESTOCK'

(Cedar Rapids Gazette) -- TheGazette.com reports that "for the first time ever, more of the corn crop may go into gas tanks than into the stomachs of cattle and poultry destined for kitchen tables." One expert told the paper… "We really need to plant more acres to corn next year than this year, and this was the second most acres planted in 67 years."