- Bend Bulletin main site
- Bend Bulletin archives
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy
- Contact the Bulletin
- Comments/Questions?
Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
July 27, 2007
The nation’s corn growers, fueled by increasing demand for corn-based ethanol, planted a near-record 90 million acres of corn this year.
Only one acre of corn was planted in Central Oregon, on a field three miles north of Madras. It was the region’s first experimental corn....