Because it's made from corn, it is both inexpensive and easy on the earth to produce.
African yields rank dead last in every major crop harvested, from corn to cotton.
Lawmakers from corn-farming states love the emphasis on that crop, but they don't represent everyone in Congress.
When combined, these ingredients conspired to create a very well-balanced snack sitting comfortably inside a corn tortilla.
Roadside carts sell snacks and drinks, from fruit punch to arepas (corn cakes) and salted green mango.
Today, corn trades at three times the 1990s average, and 12.5% higher than its 1990s peak.
For example, tortilla prices in Guatemala have doubled due to decreased supply of corn.
When the price of corn goes up, the price of all of these foods go up.
Dr. TILMAN: Corn is a major source of food for the U.S. and the world.
Last year alone, the Standard diverted 40 percent of all U.S. corn towards ethanol production.
Highlights include seafood bisque, corn tortilla with chorizo, and coconut fish curry with yuca tortillas.
Of course, higher corn and grain prices produce ag losers, too, as feed costs climb.
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He has since eliminated gluten, high-fructose corn syrup and dairy products from his diet.
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Grind lime-treated corn more finely, and you have masa, the base for tortillas and tamales.
We can produce another 1 billion barrels of biofuels with crops like corn, soybeans and canola.
The reason is that corn is over 3X as productive per acre as soy.
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Corn and wheat prices have both risen by about 45% in the past month alone.
American brewers, faced with heartier barley and harder water, cut theirs with rice and corn.
As a result, courtesy of Corn, we have the screen image of the relevant proposal.
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She is likewise bullish on wheat and soybeans, though corn is more favorably priced, she says.
The soybeans were destroyed and the company testing the corn, Texas-based ProdiGene, was fined.
It's not clear how the bioengineered corn mixed with corn approved for human consumption.
Well corn-derived ethanol has been derided for years as being a waste of food.
Usually he'll grow other food crops corn, cassava, peanuts to feed his family.
Mennonite farmers in Western Belize are already shipping supplies of rice, beans and corn.
Manufacturers had to lay people off, driving down demand for corn and wheat even further.
What was once a corn silo appears to have crumpled in the force of the blast.
She is bullish on wheat and soybeans, though corn is more favorably priced, she says.
Simplot, which makes McDonald's french fries, has given the chain a 40% discount on corn kernels.
Obediently, I read up on the Factory Acts and the Corn Laws and studied the newspaper.
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