Monday, December 17, 2007

U.S. corn boom has downside for Gulf (AP) - SendMeRSS

Jerry Peckumn stands in a combine on his farm outside of Jefferson, Iowa, Monday Dec. 10, 2007. Peckumn grows thousands of acres of corn because he needs to make a profit, but says he is worried about the impact his farming has on the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Henry Jackson)AP - Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since the Depression. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.


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