Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Cereal, Oilseed, Sugar Prices Will Be Supported by Biofuel Use, OECD Says

(Bloomberg) -- Cereal, oilseed and sugar prices will
stay close to current levels over the next decade because of
surging demand from biofuel producers, the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and a United Nations agency said.

Ethanol production from corn is forecast to double between
2006 and 2016 in the U.S., the Paris-based OECD and the Food and
Agriculture Organization said today in a report. The output of
biodiesel made from oilseeds in Europe and ethanol from sugar in
Brazil will also soar, they said.


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