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As inflation continues to drive up costs across the country, consumers are seeing higher price tags at the grocery store, gas pump and virtually everywhere else. According to the latest numbers ...
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
For example, since 2006, a portion of land that was also formerly used to grow food crops in the United States is now used to grow corn for biofuels, and a larger share of corn is destined for ethanol production, reaching 25% in 2007. [6]
Other analysts say it adds around 20 percent, or just under 80 cents per bushel at current prices. Those estimates hint that $4 per bushel corn might be priced at only $3 without demand for ethanol fuel." [16] University of Wisconsin researchers determined the RFS caused corn prices to be 30% higher and other crops 20% higher. [17]
December 1, 2023 at 7:06 AM. A combine harvests corn to be used for ethanol as a tractor hauls a grain cart on a section of farmland in Michigan on Thursday, November 16, 2023. ... Right now, it ...
Corn prices fell a bit this week but have still risen 25% so far this month. High corn prices ripple through many sectors, but few as badly as food companies for which corn is a major input.
An RFA lobby document states that "In a January 2007 statement, the USDA Chief Economist stated that farm program payments were expected to be reduced by some $6 billion due to the higher value of a bushel of corn. [32] Corn production in 2009 reached over 13.2 billion bushels, and a per acre yield jumped to over 165 bushels per acre. [33]
Car insurance prices soared to a 47-year high in December, jumping by 20.3% from a year earlier, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data. This was the 16th straight month of annual ...