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Corn prices surge on news of shrinking supply

Corn prices surge on news of shrinking supply

Corn prices surged 5 percent Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department said the nation's corn supply is shrinking.
by Mark Steil

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SW Minn. plant to switch from ethanol production to isobutanol

SW Minn. plant to switch from ethanol production to isobutanol

Gevo will be the first company in the nation to make isobutanol from a renewable source. Its main advantage over ethanol is that it can be sold for more uses.
by Mark Steil

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Neb. company buys Fergus Falls ethanol plant

An Omaha-based company has completed a $55 million acquisition of an ethanol plant from Otter Tail Ag Enterprises near Fergus Falls, Minn.

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Freeport farmer committed to raw milk sales

A Minnesota farmer who's under investigation for distributing unpasteurized milk says he'll continue to do so, even if it means going to jail.

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Budget-cutting fever puts ethanol subsidies at risk

Budget-cutting fever puts ethanol subsidies at risk

As lawmakers look for places to cut spending, federal support for ethanol could become a tempting target. The U.S. Government Accountability Office says ethanol subsidies cost taxpayers billions of dollars and are not necessary.
by Mark Steil

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Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction

Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction

Environmental groups failed to show that seed plants for sugar beets genetically modified to withstand the popular weed killer Roundup would cause irreparable harm, a federal appeals court said Friday in overturning an injunction that called for the destruction of the plants.

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Grain prices slump as speculators bail out

Hedge funds are leading an exodus from agricultural markets, slashing bullish bets in the U.S. from almost the highest levels on record after grain prices slumped, money managers said.

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Shoppers wary of GM foods find they're everywhere

Genetically modified plants grown from seeds engineered in labs now provide much of the food we eat. Most corn, soybean and cotton crops grown in the United States have been genetically modified to resist pesticides or insects, and corn and soy are common food ingredients.

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USDA: Food prices to spike up to 4 pct. in 2011

USDA: Food prices to spike up to 4 pct. in 2011

Food prices are expected to rise as much as 4 percent this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Meat prices will show some of the biggest gains.
by Mark Steil

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Farmland boom provides bright spot for Midwest real estate

Farmland boom provides bright spot for Midwest real estate

Farmers and investors across the Midwest are bidding up cropland at auctions like the one in Jefferson as commodity prices surge. Farmland values in the central U.S. increased the most in at least two years in the fourth quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said yesterday.

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