Expensive corn is blamed for rising prices on an array of food and beverages, including those containing high fructose corn syrup. US corn prices, a major cause of food inflation, are likely to remain high near term, meat company Tyson Foods inc. predicted Thursday. Citing a massive diversion of the feed grain into ethanol production, Tyson Chief Executive Dick Bond said today that, corn prices have reached a new plateau, at least for the time being. Bond says rising grain prices will cost...

This would do more than create mere market distortions; the irresistible pressure to divert corn from food to fuel would create unprecedented turmoil. Until the recent ethanol boom, more than 60 percent of the annual US corn harvest was fed domestically to cattle, hogs, and chickens or used in food or beverages. However, achieving the 15 percent goal would require the entire current US corn crop, which represents a whopping 40 percent of the world's corn supply. We are already seeing...

But this study clearly shows that we are reaching a tipping point, and that over-reliance on corn-based ethanol to meet stringent government mandates would further drive up retail food prices, reduce domestic meat and poultry production, and erode our vital meat and grain export markets. But this study clearly shows that we are reaching a tipping point, and that over-reliance on corn-based ethanol to meet stringent government mandates would further drive up retail food prices, reduce...

But this study clearly shows that we are reaching a tipping point, and that over-reliance on corn-based ethanol to meet stringent government mandates would further drive up retail food prices, reduce domestic meat and poultry production, and erode our vital meat and grain export markets. retail food prices could reach $20 billion annually under a scenario in which crude oil prices range from $65 to $70 per barrel and U. But this study clearly shows that we are reaching a tipping point, and...

They raised turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs, bought milk from a regional dairy, and froze corn and peas for the winter. If the point is to get really cheap ingredients from all over the world to manufacture really cheap food, how cheap is it if you consider inspection and shipping and all the health costs? The day the farmers' market opened and it was snowing, nobody wanted to go. How did you manage gardening and going to farmers' markets? It's very important to Steve and me, and...