But he also wrote that more acreage planted in corn could hurt long-term valuations: More corn planted will mean greater supply, which will mean lower future prices. Analysts said the market had been expecting the big jump in corn plantings, as demand from the ethanol industry has stoked prices. He suggested investors use any bullish response to the corn figures to take profits in DuPont co., a seed producer. Merrill Lynch analyst Don Carson wrote in a research report that the higher corn...

Agriculture officials said the main reason is because the national demand for corn is so high right now; thanks, in part, to the growing popularity of ethanol. Agriculture officials said the popularity of ethanol is increasing the demand for corn nationwide. While tobacco is still king, Stancil also plans to grow more corn this year than ever before. The price is up is the main reason there's going to be more corn planted and I think that's mainly due to ethanol. Many North Carolina...

Not to be confused with the grocery store, New Season is one of four plants in the world that produces sweet corn, squash powder and other veggie products for instant soups. Sweet corn, unlike regular corn, is more yellow in color and contains a higher sugar content. New Season Foods started processing vegetables and fruit in 1950, and for the past 10 years the company has focused on producing custom ingredients with sweet corn powder as its leading product. It employs up to 80 people...

Likewise, the market price of sweet corn will decline because of the EU anti-dumping duty. Purchase orders from EU importers who must front money as a guarantee on imports of the product are in decline following the imposition of the anti-dumping duty. The report said the Thai government and exporters should speed negotiations with the EU and also seek new markets for both frozen and canned sweet corn. The report said Thai canned sweet corn exports to the EU would be in trouble for at...

Now the Conservation Reserve Program is about to shrink by millions of acres as part of the Bush administration's plans for stimulating corn production for ethanol to reduce dependence on foreign oil. The $2-billion-per-year federal program pays owners not to cultivate land that is prone to erosion, marginal for farming or significant for wildlife habitat. Since its inception in 1985, the voluntary program has protected 2 million acres of wetlands, planted 1.7 million acres of grass and...