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Farmers planting more corn
I know this is affecting part of my family that still farms. They're planting significantly less soybeans and even replacing some of their tobacco with corn. I know this has been an initiative the President has been pushing, but I honestly didn't think it would come about - at least not this fast.
I know this is affecting part of my family that still farms. They're planting significantly less soybeans and even replacing some of their tobacco with corn. I know this has been an initiative the President has been pushing, but I honestly didn't think it would come about - at least not this fast.
An ethanol-fueled boom in prices will prompt American farmers to plant the most corn since the year the Allies invaded Normandy, but surging demand could mean consumers still may pay more for everything from chicken to cough syrup.
Farmers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report released Friday. That would be a 15 percent increase over 2006 and the most corn planted since 1944.