Ethanol projected to consume more corn than livestock

Monday, August 22, 2011 | 10:58 a.m. CDT; updated 12:00 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 2, 2012

COLUMBIA - Pigs and chickens aren’t the only ones with an appetite for corn these days. Cars gobble the stuff up, too, and this year, vehicles are projected to consume more corn than livestock for the first time in U.S. history.

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