No more Chocolate Cow?

 

Bloomberg: Corn Crunch Means Costliest Beef in Quarter Century 

Corn soared the 45-cent maximum limit allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade today to $5.7325 a bushel, the highest price since September 2008, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 8 cut its harvest forecast for the second time in two months. The December corn futures contract was up 43.25 cents, or 8.2 percent, at $5.715 a bushel at 10:51 a.m. in London. Wheat, soybean, rice and oat futures also rose. 

Procurement Leaders: US Faces Commodities Shortage

Experts have revealed that, in September, US businesses faced a shortage of key commodities including cocoa powder; capacitors; electronic components; lubricants; and titanium dioxide

Man, these people are too kinky..... 

But on a more serious note: I'm really gonna miss cornbread.