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"The government is trying to address the situation by basically diverting the sucrose which would otherwise be used for producing sugar as a raw material for generation of ethanol by processing it in the distillery."
along with 25 others across the country. look at this map. you can see how widespread the bone dry conditions are. last time it was this bad, 1956. rob marciano is in the middle of the hardest hit area in indiana. the corn crop is hit especially hard. >> yeah. the corn belt getting hit with not only drought but heat. obviously the heat exacerbates the drought a little bit. you get the string of 100-plus days like they have had in the past month it makes things so much worse. just yesterday, indianapolis hit 101. yet another record. the last 46 days, the driest on record in indianapol...
It was 2-1 after six hours. just in time for memorial day weekend, big increases in food prices. bottom line, your cookout this weekend's going to cost you. here to tell us why, more than financial analyst vera gibbons. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> why? how come it cost more? >> 29% more this year. it's a lot. >> 29 snfrt. >> 29% --%? >> 29%. that's $45 for a group of 12. here's why -- we're up again the highest rate of food inflation that we've seen in years. you have grocers passing costs to the consumer. if you look, corn, it was 20 cents an ear last year. 50 cents an ea...