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Flooding endangers corn crop

by Gene on Jun. 13th, 2008
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We’ve talked a couple of times before about using corn to produce ethanol, and how this increases the demand for corn and thus the price. Well, now there’s more bad news: the recent flooding in the Midwest is wiping out some farmers’ fields, reducing this year’s corn crop and pushing prices to an all-time high.

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<em>JGordon</em>'s picture
JGordon says:

And corn mash whiskey will be prohibitively expensive.

It promises to be a grim and sobering summer for us all.

posted on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:42pm
Anonymous says:

tornados are not as fun as volcanoes

posted on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 3:07pm
Anonymous says:

the can being a world down. IF one place gets hit then everyone else tries to help in some way. Nothing will ever make those places the same again,

posted on Sat, 06/21/2008 - 3:51pm

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