Corn Headlines

These headlines found on the Internet, feature contemporary issues concerning the use of corn and corn byproducts in present-day society. Corn is currently used in everything from biofuel to plastics to livestock feed, raising the price of corn and putting strain on the economy.

The Long-Term Stranglehold by Corn Ethanol on U.S. Biofuel Policy Continues
EPA Revises Ethanol Blend Wall

    With the EPA’s announcement that light fleet automobiles produced after 2006 are safe to use ethanol blends up to 15% (E15) without engine modification, the industry achieved a significant goal with the increase of the “blend wall.”　
     Assuming that in late November 2010, the EPA also approves automobiles from 2001-2006 to use E15 blends, approximately 60% of the light fleet passenger models will be consider safe for E15. This change would expand ethanol’s addressable blend market from approximately 13.7 to 17.8 billion gallons. Link

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Thursday, Dec 20, 2007 06:38 ET
The Fuel on the Hill

President Bush signed a new energy bill Wednesday, betting the farm that corn ethanol is the best alternative fuel for the future. It isn't.
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In Worries About Sweeteners, Think of All Sugars
Are you worried about high-fructose corn syrup in your diet?
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In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over Corn
Published: August 23, 2010VIVARO, Italy — Giorgio Fidenato declared war on the Italian government and environmental groups in April with a news conference and a YouTube video, which showed him poking six genetically modified corn seeds into Italian soil.
In fact, said Mr. Fidenato, 49, an agronomist, he planted two fields of genetically modified corn. But since “corn looks like corn,” as he put it, it took his opponents weeks to find his crop. Link

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New Uses for Corn & Ethanol
ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Corn-based industrial products are the single largest potential growth market for corn growers. Ethanol currently utilizes 4.2 billion bushels of corn, but as yields continue to increase and ethanol levels reach the blend-wall, additional markets will be needed. There is great potential to use corn-based materials to meet needs in many other large markets such as plastics, solvents, packaging and other consumer goods, which are currently petroleum-based.
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Blue Tortillas May Help Dieters And Diabetics
ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2007) — People with dieting blues should try swapping white corn tortillas for blue. A recent study suggests that the colored flatbreads are healthier, especially for diabetics and dieters, Sara Jensen reports in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Link

If you answered yes, you’re not alone. Today, about 55 percent of Americans list the infamous corn sweetener among their food-safety worries, right behind mad cow disease and mercury in seafood, according to the consumer research firm NPD Group.