Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that distilleries will require only 60 million tons of corn from the 2008 harvest. As the world corn price rises, so too do those of wheat and rice, both because of consumer substitution among grains and because the crops compete for land. Brown Investment in fuel ethanol distilleries has soared since the late-2005 oil price hikes, but data collection in this fast-changing sector has fallen behind. If the EPI estimate is at all close to the mark,...

To cash in, farmers in the United States - where corn is king - are expected to plant the largest corn crop in more than 60 years. North of the border, Ontario government officials say there are 200,000 hectares of land not seeded with winter wheat last fall that could be seeded with corn this spring. REGINA (CP) - A drive to get biofuels such as ethanol into North American gas tanks has bumped the price of corn to its highest level in years and sparked fears that costs will rise on...

Since most food items can be traced back to corn (cereals, soft drinks, meat, dairy, etc), it was only a matter of time until surging corn prices manifested themselves in higher grocery bills for everybody. A Bloomberg analysis notes that the soaring use of corn as the feedstock for fuel ethanol is creating unintended consequences throughout the global food chain. Increasing corn prices are rippling throughout the food chain, directly and indirectly affecting other commodity prices. Since...

Even with the release of the FOMC minutes that showed the same old thing (the Fed is still concerned about inflation - big surprise!) It was really quite amazing to see this market continue to rally even though most experts suggest the economy is slowing down. Even with the release of the FOMC minutes that showed the same old thing (the Fed is still concerned about inflation - big surprise!) It was really quite amazing to see this market continue to rally even though most experts suggest...

It certainly sounds like we'll be definitely hearing a lot more about this new offbeat feature documentary, "King Corn," about two Bostonians-turned-neophyte-farmers, who grow an acre of corn destined to become high fructose corn syrup or feed for cattle being fattened up for slaughter. New Film, "King Corn," Captures The Limelight in Wisconsin: Will This Be The Next Hot Food Documentary? It certainly sounds like we'll be definitely hearing a lot more about this new offbeat feature...

Iran issues bids on more nuclear reactors Interest in Russian floating nuclear plant Transneft, Transnefteprodukt to merge Analysis: FSRU plan spurs debate Published: April 16, 2007 at 3:58 PM By MICHAEL SCHER UPI Correspondent Broadwater Energy's plan to build a floating storage and regasification unit in the Long Island (N. Iran issues bids on more nuclear reactors Interest in Russian floating nuclear plant Transneft, Transnefteprodukt to merge Analysis: FSRU plan spurs debate Published:...