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Is Corn the New Aluminum?

With stainless steel kegs being stolen and sold into scrap metal pools and hedges on aluminum starting to come off the line, brewers don't need more raw material inflationary problems. But now corn pricing is at an all time high as farmers scramble to change their cotton fields over to corn, and brewers compete with ethanol producers for the newest hot commodity.We hear through our investment banker friend in London (you should always keep at least one investment banker friend

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