corn ethanol

I’m Not a Big Fan of Catfish

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

But I’ve been meaning to reference this article that ran in The New York Times on July 18. It’s yet another example of the effects of the federal government’s mindless ethanol policy. Now, in addition to driving up basic food costs for…

Mexico Opposes Ethanol

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

As we’ve seen over the last few months, skyrocketing commodity prices are pushing land values to record levels. They are also squeezing cattlemen and other producers who rely on corn and other grains to fatten livestock and poultry. One of…

Corn Profits Sky High

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Corn revenues could easily surpass $40 billion in the United States this year as farmers rush to take advantage of rising interest in ethanol, according to a recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Tagged with: corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, farm policy, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, South, Southwest, West

Corn Drives Land Prices Higher and Higher

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Eric OKeefe

It’s official. The New York Times proclaimed in August that the market for Midwestern farmland was “hot,” a declaration akin to labeling Hurricane Katrina “dangerous” two weeks after it devastated the Gulf Coast. Anyone remotely familiar with the Corn Belt…

End of the Conservation Reserve Program?

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED APRIL 2007 With the Bush administration backing off on the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), conservation and hunting groups fear the 22-year-old program once dubbed “Noah’s Arc for Wildlife” is a sinking ship. Backers of the CRP,…