From staff and wire reports DES MOINES, IOWA Mississippi farmers are expected to nearly triple the acreage used for corn production this year because of the marketplace fueled with expectations of high corn prices. 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. Corn is a key ingredient in many foods, from...

Some market analysts had projected 90 million acres or more. The trade was guessing the corn acreage number would be about 88 million acres. As anticipated, many of those additional corn acres will come out of soybeans. So the large number was not a complete surprise; still, the futures market opened corn limit down on the news. The best growing conditions for many years in the Great Plains and strong wheat price seems to have caused the winter talk about replanting fall-planted wheat to...

However, the higher corn prices may be negative for some of the livestock producers that will have to bid for corn against ethanol plants and foreign exports. Generally, the growth of the ethanol industry likely will reduce the amount of corn available for exports or livestock feed. In a short crop year, the potential is for very strong corn prices as ethanol plants and other corn-dependent industries bid for limited stocks. The question for the industry is how many more acres will switch...

Prices may stay up despite more corn. DES MOINES, IOWA 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. Attorney Louis Franklin said in a court filing that Scrushy may be planning an escape before he's sentenced for a bribery conviction and should be held in custody or confined to his house. Farmers are...

Located on the south side of Cambria along Cabbage Road, the current milling facilities process roughly six million bushels of corn a year. They are then enriched with computerized nutrient feeders to meet specifications the conventional lines of corn grits, corn meal, corn flour and corn bran require. However, a referendum shot down the plans, and the village enacted territorial zoning that forbade the project from moving across Cabbage Road and into the town of Courtland for three years....