The near daily media reports on the use of corn for ethanol has
created what appears to be a long-term market for corn and good
prices for corn farmers. All the hoopla has also left many
Americans wondering whether turning corn into ethanol is a good
thing, citing the sharp increases in food costs as evidence to
the negative.  Consumers are a few steps behind corn farmers who
have seen the potential of $4 per bushel corn melt away in
drought, diesel fuel cost spikes, doubled fertilizer costs — not
to mention $3 a gallon gasoline.  While the national media has
been quick to accept that high corn prices are the cause for a
moderate increase in food prices, there are a number of
economists who contend the upsurge in food prices is much more
directly related to higher fuel prices than to higher corn
prices.  Though the ethanol, corn, fuel and food industries are
eager to shift blame for high prices to someone, or something
else, all these commodities are intricately intertwined. What
affects one is sure to impact