Created Sun 10th Feb 2:21am PST by
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Will the bigger part of the U.S. corn production on 2008 be used for food or fuel?
Current forecast: food (68% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is food with a probability of 68% (unchanged in last 1 day)
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Initial likelihoods: food: 50%, fuel: 50%
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Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago
the U.S. harvest season is tracking slightly behind the national historic average, preliminary yield results reveal that corn seed products offered by Monsanto's DEKALB and American Seeds Inc. (ASI) brands are delivering opportunities for greater
score: 10
New York Times 1 day ago
One of the 2007 energy bills most ambitious provisions - the ethanol mandate - has turned out to be its most troublesome. The provision would boost ethanol production from 7-plus billion gallons today to 36
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TMC Net 2 days ago
to $122 in mid-2006. Just two years earlier, it had traded at $20. But, with prices for the fuel additive and gasoline alternative falling along with pump prices and concerns rising about the diversion of feed corn from livestock to transportation, the
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SoyBean Digest 4 days ago
The rain and wet snow late last week halted corn harvest for a few days. Fortunately, some very good late-fall weather conditions in the final week of October and the first few days of November allowed many farm operators in
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US News 5 days ago
THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that many fast-food meals begin with a single ingredient: corn. Researchers uncovered signs of corn in food items from Wendy's, McDonald's and Burger King. 'We found that corn is not just a




Erik, I like how you wrote manbearpig's name.(see South Park)
1. FOOD
2. FUEL
Ummmm, I think that settles it ;-P
I DO understand why you guys think it needs to be re-worded, so flag it and ask hubdub to have it re-worded, but I think the creators' intention is clear: Food or Fuel :-D
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