Ethanol can mean big money for corn growers, but its popularity is jacking up the cost of fertilizer
By Adam Wilson
Reading Eagle (PA)
Berks County, PA – Alternative fuels are helping to turn cornfields into golden cash cows for many American farmers, but for Pennsylvania agriculture it’s causing bushels-full of trouble, industry experts say.
With more than 90 million acres of farmland devoted to the profit-rich crop nationwide, the rush to grow corn for ethanol is squeezing Pennsylvania’s agricultural life blood, Dennis C. Wolff, Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture, said.
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