There was an entire TV program on corn the other night.(Discovery?) It made much the same point Dick G. did, but with details. At one time, the corn growers needed a subsidy...now it's just a cash cow for agribusiness to hold onto. And corn syrup has become the major sweetnig additive BECAUSE it's cheaper....never mind that many (including my wife) are sensitive or allergic to it.

And...do not be misled that we can make any significant inroads into the fuel problem using corn - the energy needed to grow and convert it don't leave much margin. It's fine to use excess production for ethanol, but we can't come close to energy independence that way. (never mind that Brazil has...on a temporary basis; they are doing it by bulldozing more rain forest and growing corn on land that had little topsoil and won't sustain that for long.)