He could talk corn prices, weather, and women right along with the rest of them.

Corn prices, no longer set by the government, became unpredictable.

Corn prices are at the root of this year's crisis.

Corn prices have tumbled 17 percent in less than two weeks.

The meeting started about corn prices and farm labor laws, but soon enough it got around to blood.

As a result, feed costs have increased 40 percent since last summer because of rising corn prices.

Corn prices leaped to the highest point in three years.

By some calculations, without ethanol, corn prices would be 20 percent lower than they already are.

Corn prices continued down, following a trend begun in July.

Because of higher corn prices, payments are expected to drop to $2.1 billion in 2007, a 76 percent reduction.