The Price of Corn (Page 3): I can't see ethanol production affecting Sweet corn prices I believe they just use field corn for ethanol !! Have you checked the prices of Bananas or white...

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jerryc41 wrote:

How much is corn on the cob in your area? I won't pay $0.50 for an ear of corn. It was on sale last week - 4/$1.00, so I bought eight. Not great corn, though. There is a local discussion online about the price. A guy said he stopped at a farm stand and was surprised that it cost him $8.00 for four ears. Other people paid $0.79 and $1.30 per ear.

Ethanol is great for the corn farmers and some others, but it's not good for the people.

I can't see ethanol production affecting Sweet corn prices
I believe they just use field corn for ethanol !!
Have you checked the prices of Bananas or white vinegar?

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

jerryc41 wrote:

How much is corn on the cob in your area? I won't pay $0.50 for an ear of corn. It was on sale last week - 4/$1.00, so I bought eight. Not great corn, though. There is a local discussion online about the price. A guy said he stopped at a farm stand and was surprised that it cost him $8.00 for four ears. Other people paid $0.79 and $1.30 per ear.

Ethanol is great for the corn farmers and some others, but it's not good for the people.

I buy from a local farm stand and it cost $9 a Dz for fresh corn picked within a day or two. I prefer local farm fresh produce. Btw: Who thought it was a good idea to turn our food supply into a fuel that destroys an engine?

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

edwdickinson wrote:

I buy from a local farm stand and it cost $9 a Dz for fresh corn picked within a day or two. I prefer local farm fresh produce. Btw: Who thought it was a good idea to turn our food supply into a fuel that destroys an engine?

I can't see ethanol production affecting Sweet corn prices
I believe they just use field corn for ethanol !!
Have you checked the prices of Bananas or white vinegar?

agillot

Here in TX , you can buy a 50 pound bag of apple flavored deer corn for $ 10.50 .We do volunteer work at old abandon cemetery , last year the owner [ a farmer ] gave us bags of today s corn to eat .He does not use pesticide , so every ear of corn has a worm at the end .You just cut off that part [ about an inch ], and that is the most tender corn you have never eaten .

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Manglesphoto wrote:

I can't see ethanol production affecting Sweet corn prices
I believe they just use field corn for ethanol !!
Have you checked the prices of Bananas or white vinegar?

You are correct. Sweet corn is not used for ethanol production.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

How much is corn on the cob in your area? I won't pay $0.50 for an ear of corn. It was on sale last week - 4/$1.00, so I bought eight. Not great corn, though. There is a local discussion online about the price. A guy said he stopped at a farm stand and was surprised that it cost him $8.00 for four ears. Other people paid $0.79 and $1.30 per ear.

Ethanol is great for the corn farmers and some others, but it's not good for the people.

Jerry, got corn near Accord last couple of weeks, organic farm, family farm stand , 60 cents an ear, and worth it, name and location on request, Bob.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

flip1948 wrote:

Where are you finding ice cream in half gallon containers?

They look like half gallons until you check the bottom of the carton to find it's recessed a half inch. The read the volume on the package...less than a half gallon

Yes, I know! That really made me mad when I saw that. Their excuse is that they want to keep the price low. Another corporate lie. When I tried to check out a three-pint Breyer's, the self checkout machine said it was the wrong weight for the item. Of course it was. There was a pint missing.

Stewart's has half gallons - two quarts - although they just raised the price by $0.30 to $3.69. I think that's less than you would pay for an ice cream cone, though. Hershey's ice cream might still be sold in half gallons - not sure. No, Hershey's is 1.5 quarts.

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

Manglesphoto wrote:

I can't see ethanol production affecting Sweet corn prices
I believe they just use field corn for ethanol !!
Have you checked the prices of Bananas or white vinegar?

Maybe not affecting sweet corn but field corn aka cow corn is removing feed for cattle that feeds us and if they are planting field corn instead of sweet corn then it does affect the price of sweet corn through reduced supply.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

Supply and demand. Thanks to my corner of NH suffering "severe drought" status all summer, farmers have had to reduce corn crops to those they could irrigate. Corn that was about $3.50 a half dozen last year has now climbed to $5.00 a half dozen.

clemente21

In Fishers, IN the local farmer's market price for sweet corn is $10/doz, but it is fresh and close by. I try to use it within the week, but I am experimenting with freezing it and see how that goes.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

clemente21 wrote:

In Fishers, IN the local farmer's market price for sweet corn is $10/doz, but it is fresh and close by. I try to use it within the week, but I am experimenting with freezing it and see how that goes.

Freezing works. We take uneaten (cooked) ears, slice the corn off the cobs and freeze it in bags. Mid-winter we pull the bags out and make corn chowder. It's still just as sweet as fresh but you have to cook and freeze the corn immediately or the sugars will turn to starch.

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

jerryc41 wrote:

That's funny - and totally believable. Similarly, lobster was considered a second class food among the early colonists. They served it to prisoners.

That’s interesting. About 10 yrs ago we went on a cruise to New England & Canada. One of the excursions was in St. Johns. The guide told us that lobster was the main staple and that kids were embarrassed to have lobster for lunch at school. Apparently a sign that your family was poorer than others.

bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA

On an only slightly related topic. Why 4 for $1? Or 5 for$2? Maybe just to encourage the buyer to select a larger quantity? At the register it comes up at 25 cents or 40 cents apiece.

In the old days (still with UPCs, product codes, and computer price look up) there was a discount for buying the last item in the quantity. For example “4 for a dollar” meant .28 for the first three and .16 for the last one. Of course that made shelf labeling more complicated. And returns, a nightmare.

In any event … where did the “cents” symbol go?

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

I just bought 2 dozen ears of Olathe Sweet corn in Grand Junction Colorado for $10.00. It doesn't get much better than that.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

jerryc41 wrote:

How much is corn on the cob in your area? I won't pay $0.50 for an ear of corn. It was on sale last week - 4/$1.00, so I bought eight. Not great corn, though. There is a local discussion online about the price. A guy said he stopped at a farm stand and was surprised that it cost him $8.00 for four ears. Other people paid $0.79 and $1.30 per ear.

Ethanol is great for the corn farmers and some others, but it's not good for the people.

I didn’t think the sweet corn we eat was used in ethanol production.

Stan