From corn fields to Wall Street, enthusiasm for ethanol is at an all-time high. But not everyone is enthusiastic.
Demand for the corn-based fuel is driving up the cost of feed corn, making it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs.
“It’s hard to see where the future is, if corn keeps going up,” said Kerby [...]

Farmers are getting the best prices for corn in more than a decade amid strong demand for ethanol and feed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday.
Average corn prices for the year were forecast at $2.90 to $3.30 a bushel, up 10 cents from last month’s estimate, according to the monthly crop report.
“We think about [...]

Agroup of Maryland grain farmers who have been trying to push ahead with plans to build the state’s first ethanol production plant can be forgiven for feeling as though they are pursuing an elusive objective.
“We thought we would be further along than we are at this time, but we are working at it,” Eastern Shore [...]