Post Date - July 6th 2008 11:07 am | 1 month 22 days ago
A major new study officially issued today conservatively estimates that increased corn prices driven by rapidly expanding U.S. ethanol production already have increased U.S. retail food prices by $14 billion annually.
Post Date - December 12th 2007 01:12 am | 8 months 18 days ago
Great cartoon
Post Date - December 12th 2007 12:12 am | 8 months 18 days ago
With corn in demand for ethanol and wheat prices spiking because of drought, farmers are converting more of the potholes to cropland.
Post Date - December 8th 2007 04:12 am | 8 months 22 days ago
Federal and state subsidies for ethanol in 2006 were somewhere between $5.1 billion and $6.8 billion. That could soon jump to $8.7 billion annually, according to a study by the IISD.
Post Date - December 8th 2007 04:12 am | 8 months 22 days ago
It's "the right time" to discuss ... avoid[ing] the consolidation of the market distortions that in the future will be more difficult to correct a consultant with the FAO Regional Office for L.A.&C told Tierramérica.
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