Here are four serving suggestions: Cilantro-lime butter: In food processor, mix 1/2 cup lightly packed fresh cilantro leaves, 1/2 teaspoon lime zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt, hot sauce to taste and 1 stick soft butter. To season before cooking, brush corn with a paste of your favorite spices and soft butter. Here are two suggestions: Cajun spice: 3 tablespoons soft butter, 1/2 teaspoon celery salt and 1/4 teaspoon each garlic powder, salt and cayenne. Italian oil: Whisk 3 tablespoons olive oil,...

The planted-acreage report has the potential to be a shocker and a major market mover, as a planted acreage figure under the trade estimate of 87-88 million acres will be explosive as prices will need to rally in a last-ditch effort to attract more seeded acres this spring. While this demand figure has been talked about for some time and should already be factored into prices, the market will have to maintain these price levels or ending stocks will tighten further. Market Watch Online...

San Francisco - A soon-to-be-published weight-loss book helps dieters reduce not just their intake of calories, but the negative impact of their food consumption choices on the environment. While former US vice president Al Gore's bestselling book and Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" awakened Americans to the impending environmental crisis caused by global warming, it did not deal with the impact from food consumption choices -- a huge oversight, according to the authors....

However, he planted corn across the top of all of them and I had a devil of a time cutting the grass between the plots because the sweet corn blocked my exit. I brought him home enough sweet corn seed from the sheep folks up at Platteville to fill those plots. Sweet corn adventure makes new friends, crop. With as many plots he has worked up, he probably will have me with a stand along the road selling corn. After he got done with his tilling I asked, What are you going to plant in all this...

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Feed corn prices are up 60% because of corn's demand in ethanol production. Beef prices are going up, and consumers are finding their favorite meats are costing more. Nationwide, beef prices are going up. Some shoppers are skipping the beef aisle, trying to avoid the sticker shock of recent price hikes. As summer approaches, backyard chefs are firing up their grills. Nationwide, the average price for a pound of chuck roast last year. The biggest reason for price hikes, the highest demand...