times I wish I wasn't a wood burner. 8/12 price down to $3.55/bushel, approx 125/ton. anybody thinkin of using it?
If it was that price here in Maine would be burning corntimes I wish I wasn't a wood burner. 8/12 price down to $3.55/bushel, approx 125/ton. anybody thinkin of using it?
If it was that price here in Maine would be burning corn
LMPS hearing prices are $390.00 to $400.00 ton bagged. I have no way to transport or store bulk corn.What is the price in Maine?
Find a feed mill that mixes animal feed and they usually are a better way to buy or have them bag corn for you. Used to feed a few horses and had custom feed blends and bagging was not bad. They usually have a pretty good corn too as moldy feed stock is not tolerated.LMPS hearing prices are $390.00 to $400.00 ton bagged. I have no way to transport or store bulk corn.
You didn't catch the article of food companies adding cellulose to food? Even ice cream! Still trying to figure why pellet prices in area went up 20 percent plus. One of the easiest forms of renewable cellulose to grow would be hemp. Cellulosic conversion to ethanol is happening now and will expand fast. One of the better market plays is the companies that are making the bugs that digest cellulose.I'll never understand burning food when wood is so plentiful.
It's GMO corn...I don't consider that "Food"I'll never understand burning food when wood is so plentiful.
You'd eat anything if you were hungry enough.It's GMO corn...I don't consider that "Food"
I'll never understand burning food when wood is so plentiful.
Maybe you should try eating the corn we are talking about. Not meaning to attack but get very tired of seeing this comment from people who do not know there is different kinds of corn grown. The easiest way to learn is to buy a bushel and bring it home then eat it. One bushel will be enough to answer your question of why some people choose to burn corn instead of eating it. This corn is raised in great quantities and right now is priced cheaper then pellets that is why we burn it. kind of like shopping for the best deal in pellet prices. With a multi fuel stove and proper exh pipe this is simply a attractive price for keeping your home warm.I'll never understand burning food when wood is so plentiful.
Power plant south of us is burning poultry litter. Talk about a recycle program. Ethanol production didn't get profitable till distillers grains caught on as feed stock and now is more profitable than the booze.Our chickens eat 9,000 lbs of wheat/day.
We burn 33lbs/day to heat our house.
It will be very long time before stoves have any impact on grain stocks.
Thanks, I know have Elton John playing in my head.Circle of life?
Beef prices won't drop until demand slows down. ranchers lost a lot of cattle last winter and with that exotic disease in hogs they figure 10% of the baby pigs were lost which makes a shortage of pork. Evidently everywhere else is looking at a bumper crop of corn. Time will tell. When beef is high the rancher will hold back breeding stock which will inflate the beef price in the short run but will increase production in a couple of years. There is still places facing drought conditions plus the gov is trying to keep ranchers from renting grazing land so there is a lot of things that enter this discussion about higher food prices. When corn drops below 4.00 we are below cost of production and farmers will not be buying expensive equipment. I think John Deere laid off 600 workers in anticipation of sluggish sales.Our area had a big problem last growing season with corn coming in to wet and contributed to the propain shortage as so much was used to dry corn but as most in the US found out the winter was very early with the heating season starting in early October instead of late October to early November. Maybe the beef prices will come down more. I know the egg prices are.
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