In the race for renewable fuel sources, farmers both winners and losers

(Muncie) Star Press

Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:54 AM

Delaware County farmer John Hamilton said he is pleased with rising grain costs, but added, "I have my concerns about whether it will stay up." Chris Bergin / The Star Press

By KEITH ROYSDON, Star Press
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com

The predicted boom in Hoosier ethanol plants has driven up the price of corn, to the delight of grain farmers who hope to sell their crops for use in the production of ethanol fuel.

Livestock farmers -- who are faced with greater expenses for corn to feed their swine and cattle -- are less thrilled.

Demand for corn up by 12%
House bill: Sell ethanol, get tax breaks
Ethanol plant proposed for Spencer County
Zoning OK's for proposed Fayette County ethanol facility
Pike County to get its own ethanol plant
Second ethanol plant likely for Wabash County
New ethanol plant to make $180 million investment in Henry County
Farmland values are on the rise in Indiana and across the Midwest

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