A good point raised by the top commenter on this Washington Post story: “Maybe now is the time to consider stopping the production of corn based ethanol.”

Drought threatens U.S. food prices
A drought in the Corn Belt and elsewhere in the Midwest has pushed the bushel price of corn up about 27 percent in the past month alone, and there is little sign of rain in the near future, a forecast that could soon push up food costs across the country, meteorologists say.
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[Image credit: Seth Perlman/AP]

A good point raised by the top commenter on this Washington Post story: “Maybe now is the time to consider stopping the production of corn based ethanol.”

Drought threatens U.S. food prices

A drought in the Corn Belt and elsewhere in the Midwest has pushed the bushel price of corn up about 27 percent in the past month alone, and there is little sign of rain in the near future, a forecast that could soon push up food costs across the country, meteorologists say.

[Read more.]

[Image credit: Seth Perlman/AP]

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