EVEN THE CORN?

[jmorris]

Farmers like me looked at ethanol plants as added value for our crop.

Yep, if everyone grew corn they would praise high prices. If we all made primers and powder we would be ecstatic right now.

 

[JDeere]

8 Bucks for 50# right now where I live. It will come down in a month or 2. Acres and acres of feed corn has not been cut yet and is still on the stalk drying...

 

[whughett]

Living here in the middle of corn country, it always blows my mind the the world is able to consume so much corn. We live in a sea of it.
On behalf of the producers, a big thank you to everyone who buys it.
Just a couple of quick points:
Field corn is not like sweet corn that you get at the grocery. You might be surprised how many people think that it is.
Ethanol production DOES NOT ruin the feed value of corn. It is nearly all still in the DDG.
You can thank the EPA for ethanol usage since they mandated an oxygenate be blended with gasoline. farmers capitalized on this with ethanol. Prior to ethanol, big oil companies were supplying the industry with MTBE. An oil based product. It is poisonous. You can drink ethanol.
I'm stopping here before I get too much further over my head.
I own shares of LINCOLNLAND AGRI ENERGY in Palestine, Illinois. We produce ethanol, DDG, corn oil, and capture CO2.
. Some of our production goes there. Some goes to the poultry and pork producers in the S.E. via the Indiana RR. Sometimes I haul the 150miles to the Ohio River. That gets barged to New Orleans for export.

I would be happy to know that there was some of my corn in a feeder on a hunting lease.View attachment 1015618what you see from our back patio continues for over a mile of corn.

As a Sour Mash whiskey fan I’ve toured the Jack Daniels distillery several times, a sister lives in the County, all of that mash I believe goes out for feed also.
A favoriteYouTuber, WWW, has a view from his home and shop similar to yours, he’s even posted a video of filling in hauling the trailer loads from the field to the storage yards. Same state at least.