Reading Time: 2 minutes Ethanol producers often get much of the blame for driving the price of corn to its current multi-year high levels due to that industry’s strong usage of corn to make fuel. But critics overlook the growing production and distribution of dried distiller’s grains (DDGs), a byproduct of ethanol output used in animal feeds as an […] Read more
DDGs An Overlooked Element Of The Ethanol Equation
Sky-High Crop Acreage Targets Likely A Pipe Dream
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture reiterated its projections for record-high combined plantings of corn, cotton and soybeans this spring at its annual Outlook Forum, dealing a fresh blow to crop prices by standing by its projections for potentially record-high crop production in 2011. But while record U.S. crop planting estimates are all well and good […] Read more
Analysis: Wheat Class War To Erupt In 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes The price of every class of wheat pushed strongly higher in 2010 as production problems beset nearly all the world’s major wheat growers to offer a uniformly supportive backdrop for the global wheat market. But with wheat prices now at multi-year highs around the world, end-users are starting to seek out substitutes for expensive feed […] Read more
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