On 1/23/14 4:05 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

Frolm what I saw on the news there was a large ammount of corn (think that
is correct) and they use propane to dry it or something. Should make them
use the eathenol like in the gas for cars. This used a lot of propane,
and now the winter is much colder than in the past. Kind of two things
comming together and not enough propane has been processed for the needs.


It looks like a record crop from what I could find. 2009
production was about 13.1 billion bushels compared to last year's
production of 13.9 billion bushels. 2012 production was only 10.8
billion bushels due to the drought.
It wasn't unusually wet in my area of Nebraska at harvest time. I
have no idea what it was like in Illinois or Iowa.
A lot of farm houses are heated with propane. Many irrigation power
units also use propane where natural gas isn't available. Diesel fuel
is usually preferred if commercial electric power isn't available to
power the wells.