Economist says too much corn to ethanolEarth Policy Institute says distilleries online or in works will pull 5.5 billion bushels of corn from the 2008 harvest to produce fuel David Pitt Associated Press Business Writer
An agricultural economist and founder of a Washington-based environmental think tank said Jan. 4 that ethanol production will consume much more corn than the government has estimated and could result in shortages of corn for livestock feed, driving up production costs and causing higher food prices.....
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Ethanol plants: 116 online; 79 under construction Concern that food prices will rise Corn exports also a concern
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