Biomass ethanol plant

[Tom]

When was the last time you ate an ear of field corn?

This morning.

Even on the cob or cut and frozen in niblets it's good if you break it before it turns to to starch.

It makes good grits, hominy and cornmeal.   

[DouginUtah]

Average Yearly Corn Prices for Selected States vs. Iowa

                 2000 2001 2002  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Minnesota   1.75  1.90   2.15  2.35 1.85 1.86 2.89  4.13
IOWA         1.75  1.90   2.25  2.37 1.99 1.94 3.03  4.29

http://www.econ.iastate.edu/outreach/agriculture/periodicals/chartbook/Chartbook2/Tables/Table11B.pdf

[Fla._Deadheader]

 Doug, would you happen to know if the prices you posted are at the elevator, or retail, in the feed store Just want to establish the fact.

  As Tom said, Roastin Ears is GOOOOD  Eatin. Stone ground is, also. 

[beenthere]

I heard a presentation once (20 years ago) that showed the range in price per bushel of corn back 300 years in this country. It ranged between $1 and like $5. The economy and the value of a dollar changed a lot, but not the price for a bushel of corn.
Cannot find such stats when googled.

And we used to eat the field corn on the cob when its development was "just right". A pretty brief window there, as I recall. Not quite as good as the varieties of sweet corn, but a close second. 

[Fla._Deadheader]

 That's "Roastin Ears", BT. Add a little sugar to the water, if ya boil the corn, and it's difficult to tell the difference.

[DouginUtah]

The listed prices are the prices received by the farmer as reported by the Department of Agriculture.

[Fla._Deadheader]

 Thanks Doug.

[Norm]

Corn is $2.86 at the local elevator today. The price of corn flakes, beef and everything else that went to highs last year due to ethanol driving up food prices are still the same as they were. Input costs to grow it have not come  down.

That truth is almost verbatim to what Exxon sends out to keep you firmly attached to their teat.

Geez Gary you rabble rouser, once again you've got me replying to these evil ethanol threads.

[Gary_C]

Geez Gary you rabble rouser, once again you've got me replying to these evil ethanol threads.

I'm like you Norm on responding to these threads anymore, but I blame my response on that board moderator endorsing that bit of "the truth about their evil competitor ethanol."