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Got milk? Get ready to pay more

Milk prices will increase in the coming months because as producers pass along increased costs for livestock feed and a spike for oversea demands. While the increase in milk may be bad for consumers, it is a wonderful thing for the dairy farmers who got hammared during the 2006 spring drought. The increase in the milk prices depends on whom you ask and where you live. Ken Bailey, a dairy expert at Penn State University's College of Agricultural Sciences, predicts an overall 8 percent increase for whole milk, from an average of $3.07 a gallon to about $3.35 in October.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/02/news/economy/corn_milkprices/index.htm?postversion=2007050305

The war on oil

America's new war is called the War on Oil. This war won't be fought with tanks and machine guns and explosive devices, instead the generals in the War on Oil will employ techniques such as enzymatic hydrolysis and dry milling. They will use switchgrass, wheat straw, corn and other material from the biomass. Their objective is to get the world's biggest oil consumers weaned from their generations-old addiction to oil and establish the United States as a self-sufficient producer of energy from alternative sources. The Department of Energy has committed $385 million to build six new plants across the country whose sole purpose will be to develop alternative energy. Until the time comes people will keep doing the same things they always have done.