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2007-04-01 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Dave D. 2007-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 With a La Nina cranking up, should be an interesting year for agricultural commodities.

Posted by phil_b 2007-04-01 09:09|| 2007-04-01 09:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not planting any more corn than I did last year. The higher price of feeds doesn't have a big impact on me because I'm not a large-scale farmer. My neighbors who do raise beef and hog heards are feeling the effects as well as the high price for diesel fuel. Maybe this will stem the tide of consumers subsidizing the ethanol industry.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-04-01 11:03|| 2007-04-01 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I can only hope this works well for everybody and doesn't turn into a major bust.

We could at least sell the extra corn off to Mexico since they have a shortage. Corn for oil type thing.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-04-01 11:34|| 2007-04-01 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe this will finally enable Congress to get rid of the friggin' agriculture subsidies. (And maybe we won't have high fructose corn syrup in every food in the country anymore.)

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-04-01 12:34|| 2007-04-01 12:34|| Front Page Top

#5 (And maybe we won't have high fructose corn syrup in every food in the country anymore.)

That would be nice. HFCS has ruined more than a few classic American food products. It's also suspect in causing a rise in diabetes cases. Give me good old-fashioned refined white cane sugar anytime.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-01 14:53|| 2007-04-01 14:53|| Front Page Top

#6 HFCS, if discovered today with what we know it does, would probably be classified a slow poison and not sold to consumers.

I second Zenster's desire for plain old sugar, just brush your teeth afterwards to prevent decay (sucrose's main bad side effect). The bad effects of HFCS are thus avoided.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-04-01 19:29|| 2007-04-01 19:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't even use refined sugar but raw sugar.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-04-01 20:10|| 2007-04-01 20:10|| Front Page Top

#8 NO CORN FOR OIL!!! man...

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-01 21:50|| 2007-04-01 21:50|| Front Page Top

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