The US Censusâ âraceâ question will continue to become ever-more meaningless as long as it attempts to separate and group things in ways that have little or no meaning. There is no such race as âWhiteâ or âHispanic.â Hispanic is a cultural identification; one may be Hispanic and Bback, Asian, etc.
Using todays corn closing here in my area I would only pay $.05 per pound for dry ear corn. Don't worry how many bushels are in the wagon use only weights from a scale. For years the standard has been 70 lbs ear corn = 1 bushel of shell corn. But 2 years ago I bought a variety from a neighbor that ended up 68# .
The August index for feed grains and hay, at 258, is down 9.8 percent from July and 17 percent below a year ago. The corn price, at $6.02 per bushel, is 77 cents lower than July and $1.61 below August 2012. The all hay price, at $180 per ton, is down $10 from July and $3 below last August. The August index for potatoes, at 189, is down 18 percent from July but 31 percent above August 2012. The all dry bean price, at $41.60 per hundredweight, is up $1.10 from the previous month and $1.80 above August 2012.