Corn,or maize,is mostly fed to animals or made into ethanol fuel and high-fructose corn syrup.

VOA: special.2010.12.07

The Fed has not tried to influence long-term rates this way since the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The Fed will also buy up to three hundred billion dollars of long-term Treasury bonds.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Yet one American newspaper says he described himself simply as a "corn-fed,country-bred Iowa boy."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

But even his extraordinary skill could not save the South from the industrial power of the North and its mighty armies armies that were well-fed and well-equipped.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

They were fed two-thirds of the calories they would otherwise choose to eat.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The Fed has reduced short-term rates to almost zero.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Richard Weindruch explains. "Our data show that there is about a three-fold higher risk of developing a disease of aging in those animals fed the normal diet as opposed to those that have been on caloric restriction since they were adults."

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The right to live with my family. The right to be well and taken care of and well-fed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

The 55-year-old Bernanke was appointed Fed chairman by Republican President George W.Bush, and took office in February,2006.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Days before the expiration of a four-year term as Fed chief, Bernanke faces growing opposition from Democratic and Republican senators who will vote on his reconfirmation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

The proposal would not limit bankers' pay, but would allow the Fed to review, and possibly veto, pay policies that cause too much risk-taking at banks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"If the Fed goes out and buys longer-term Treasury securities, and buys them in significant amounts, what will happen is longer-term interest rates should come down.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18