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Old April 29th, 2008, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Brer Rabbit View Post
I heard that the corn used for the fuel is not suited for human consumption, but is way cheaper for farmers to produce so they are flooding the market with it driving the prices up. If that is true maybe what U heard is the Governments way of slowing down the production in an effort to keep a cap on production.

i beleive what he meant to say was that farmers are finding it more cost effective to produce fuel corn rather that food corn. this is going to effect the economy when the food prices rise. For this reason, the govt is concerned.
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