Recently, a discussion on RFD TV included several agriculture representatives. It seems that with 40% of the corn production going for government subsidized fuel-ethanol for vehicles, the price of corn for food is rapidly increasing. And farmers are abandoning sunflowers for more profitable corn. So the supply of sunflowers goes down, and well, you know the rest!I don't know who wins, but in this case, the birds loose! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You @ 37.com - The world's easiest free Email address ! ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx