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"As farmers more and more decide to plan corn for ethanol rather than, say, delicious hops and malt barley for beer, prices for the consumer are just going to get worse at the grocery store."
Not my words - just responding to the blog - perhaps it was just a bad example to suggest that beer prices will rise due largely to ethanol production. There are other factors to consider, like the availability of water for irrigation - the location of producers relative to bio-fuel plants and the length of the growing season. Not everyone can switch and most are not prepared or able to do so.
Beer prices will rise, however, costs associated with energy (wort must be boiled and then cooled), new taxes and labor are likely higher on the list than the foreseen switch to corn production.
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