Category: Corn

The politics of ... corn

Corn prices took a tumble when the stock market fell in September. Photo by Abc Xyz/Mi-Whi News

Agricultural coup: King corn may be losing market mandate

By Morgan Riedl

Dec. 2008

The recent economic shakedown has the corn industry trembling.

Corn prices are hovering at just above $3 per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade, less than half their peak at nearly $8 back in July.