The flat fields to the north have more in common with the wheat- and corn-growing areas of the mid-west.
An OECD report suggests that there is little difference in volatility between exchange-traded agricultural commodities (such as wheat and corn) and non-exchange-traded ones (such as apples and onions).
If all of those acres we dedicate to exports, wheat, corn, soybean--99% of all acres are dedicated to exports in this country--if we convert those to ethanol and biodiesel, we can produce 1 billion barrels of biofuels.
Fossil fuels, similarly -- we are trying to target fossil fuels and design so that you get fossil -- biomass to replace fossil fuel, but biomass based on, for example, woody materials, based on agricultural waste like wheat straw, corn cobs -- agricultural waste, lumber waste residues -- that's very inexpensive feedstock.
Known as "ancient grains, " thanks to the advanced age of the species (a cool 5, 000 years old in some cases) and because they've managed to evade the industrial grooming of modern crops like wheat and corn, these old-school strains have retained their unique personalities.
Although the process to produce ethanol from switchgrass was more complex than using food crops such as wheat or corn, the so-called "second generation" biofuel could produce much higher energy yields per tonne because it utilised the whole plant rather than just the seeds.
Eventually, says Gruber, his fermenting process will be adapted to use corn stalks or wheat straw--known as stover and now sold as cheap animal feed or plowed back into soil--to further knock down the cost.
Centered in the room is a butcher-block tasting table, where you can order small shots of top-shelf wheat, rice, potato, corn and even grape vodka.
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Notable here was the set-up of a three-tiered structure for programs on agricultural commodities like wheat, corn and grain.
Corn, wheat and rice production are all experiencing long-term upward trends.
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Wheat grew the most, rising 13 percent, followed by single-digit rises from corn, gold and copper.
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Favoured commodities such as corn (maize), wheat, soyabeans and cotton will receive a per-acre revenue guarantee of about 90% of the previous five years' returns.
First, alcohol is distilled from something, and in the case of most higher-end gins it is a grain, like wheat, though theoretically it could be corn or sugarcane.
And high corn prices last year encouraged a switch to feeding livestock with low-grade wheat, depleting stockpiles.
Corn, he concedes, is an energy-intensive crop, but Tumbleson says he may be better off than wheat or soybean farmers because corn is in just about everything we eat.
Consumer food cost inflation, relative to all other goods, has risen to twice its 2005-2007 rate of increase as well due to sharp increases in corn, soybean and wheat prices.
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