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Farming
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Manager of the Culpeper Farmers* Cooperative. Inc. said. "The cost to plant an acre of corn has doubled, even tripled. It just increased the risk.’*
At Griffwood Farms, Taye Griffin has watched his diesel prices jump by 140 percent. The fertilizer bill likewise jumped 250 percent, he added.
"Well. IH just keep on' knocking*he said.“IVe been doing this all my life, but Fm not the only one in the boat.*
Many point to com production as a primary cause.
With the demand for ethanols on the rise, com prices have never been higher. But com prices carry a huge impact to other areas of farming. For instance, the cost to produce 100 pounds of milk increased 25 percent from March 2006 to March 2007, said Durr. And 90 percent of that cost increase was driven by the price of com.
Only a fraction of American com - 5 to 10 percent - actually results in human consumption, said Durr. Most instead goes to feed
livestock, meaning more expenses in livestock operations as well.The rest goes overseas. Other countries - particularly in Asia - areconsuming more meat than ever, and demand com as
76.3%