Ethanol

[Pulseman]

Hello Charlie,

Than you for the answer. So we are actually removing 70% of corn from the trade by making ethanol (of course only to the maximum that is used for ethanol production). That is better then I thougth it would be. Agree with others that action in our country is needed, but I can not make the numbers work if feed grain hits $3.00/bushel or more. I guess we need the taxes of the ethanol (bio-fuel) portion of fuel and the mandatory blend of say 3-5% renewable fuel in all sold fuels.

[wd9]

Pulseman, peas have the advantage of a higher Net Energy Value (NEV) because they don't require Nitrogen which is a huge part of the input cost of corn ethanol to calc the NEV. Charlie or others, any good sites with economics on peas vs corn?

[dalek]

So 70% of the corn being used to generate ethanol is "new" corn, and the ethanol plants already up and running in Ontario are boasting that they're "only" using 65-70% US corn as if the other 30% is new market for Ontario corn. But if they're at 70% US, they're using Canadian tax dollars to create NO new net market for Canadian corn.