Steve Kerkhove harvests his last field of corn Thursday near West Lafayette. Corn prices have gone up since the ever-expanding biofuels have come on the scene. By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier
Steve Kerkhove harvests his last field of corn Thursday near West Lafayette. Corn prices have gone up since the ever-expanding biofuels have come on the scene. By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier

By TANYA BROWN, Journal & Courier
tbrown@journalandcourier.com

Steve Kerkhove knows that the demand for ethanol is pushing the price of corn -- one of the fuel's main ingredients -- way up.

Unfortunately, he's one of several farmers who won't be benefiting from the price changes immediately.

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