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...Corn is everywhere, and its impact felt in practically everything. It's so plentiful in the U.S. — 90 million planted acres this year – that it's used in the production of thousands of products, from plastics and paint to crayons and soap. And because as much as half of the nation's corn crop could soon be devoted to the production of ethanol fuel, corn prices are expected to rise dramatically, potentially pushing up the cost of numerous products, including packaged snacks and other consumer goods. With corn taking an increasing share of the planting space, prices...
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...single bushel of corn can yield 33 pounds of sweetener of the type used as a cheaper alternative to sugar and poured freely into soft drinks and candy. As demand grows for ethanol, there is less corn left for other uses, driving up its cost as an input. Coca-Cola has already said that it has faced cost increases for corn and high fructose corn syrup...
...Given that corn is regularly used in livestock and poultry feed, bacon, eggs and milk could see prices bumped up. Enjoy hamburgers? They could grow more costly. As many as a quarter of the products in a typical grocery store use corn in some way, so supermarket prices may well be impacted by ethanol demand. Prices for bread, milk and beef have already risen nationwide...
Trent Bushner, a Yuma farmer and county commissioner who grows 1,200 acres of corn on his 3,500-acre spread, says $4 corn brings its own set of problems--higher planting costs, for one, as he busts more sod. But Bushner allows that he can live with that: "Every time we put a gallon of ethanol in our car, that's a gallon of gasoline we're not putting in it that we got from the Middle East." Seems that the view on alternative fuels from down on the farm goes much farther than just over the next ridge...