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Corn Laws
Corn Laws Regulations applied in Britain to the import and export of grain (mainly wheat) in order to control its supply and price. In 1815, following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Parliament passed a law permitting the import of foreign wheat free of duty only when the domestic price reached 80 shillings per quarter (8 bushels). A sliding scale of duties was introduced in 1828 in order to alleviate the distress being caused to poorer people by the rise in the price of bread. A slump in trade in the late 1830s and a succession of bad harvests made conditions worse and strengthened the hand of the
ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE. In 1846 the Corn Laws were repealed save for a nominal shilling. This split the Conservative Party, but agriculture in Britain did not suffer as had been predicted. The repeal of the Corn Laws came to symbolize the success of
FREE TRADE and liberal political economy.
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Corn on the Hoof
Newspaper article from: The Billings Gazette; 3/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...solve that separately." With corn prices hovering around $4 a bushel...One major aspect of previous farm laws is that farmers producing corn and other grains have received...couple of years the increased use of corn to produce ethanol as a fuel additive...
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Corn snob: It's a thankless job, but somebody's gotta do it
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 7/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...trough a bit deeper than an ear of corn and throw a couple of sticks of pure...stop others from eating disgraceful corn. I won't go into a discussion about...re that far gone, like my in-laws who buy corn at a grocery store and skim the overcooked...
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Corn Growers' and Suppliers' Voices Heard at VeraSun
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 12/2/2008; 564 words
; ...committee formed by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA...Delaware. As expected, bankruptcy law and the ruling will allow VeraSun...disadvantageous to VeraSun, including corn growers' contracts. "We are happy that the court listened to corn growers' views," said NCGA...
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`Perfect' corn may set stage for its destruction Overplanting could soon lead to pest developing resistance Series: WHAT'S FOR DINNER
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...vulnerable to corn borers as regular corn. And Bt sprays, long used by...approval of Bt crops, including corn, cotton and potatoes. "EPA...blatant disregard for federal law and its own regulations by approving...of their fields with regular corn. The University of Illinois...
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Corn dethrones wheat as king in Kansas fields
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 10/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...turn of the 21st century saw corn surpass wheat production in...he farms with his son-in-law in the central Kansas flatlands...Soybeans or sorghum, wheat or corn? Lately, as across the state and the country, corn has been winning and wheat has...
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Corn variety with high ethanol yield being developed by Du Pont company.(Business News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...investments which is in billions. The enabling law will create this sunrise industry, he...given the protection and incentives of a law. On top of its research on corn ethanol, PHBP is engaging on research on corn with drought tolerance and nitrogen...
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CORN MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSTIRS DEBATE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 10/12/1987; 700+ words
; ...half a cent on each bushel of corn sold in Indiana. Based on state...Officially called the Indiana Corn Market Development Program...General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Robert Orr on June 2. It required a referendum among corn growers, and that is scheduled...
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Corn growers urge equitable and balanced textile trade bill.
PR Newswire; 3/2/1988; 700+ words
; ...and became a net exporter of corn, competing with U.S. farmers...annual import purchases of U.S. corn by 20 percent unless the U...retaliation if the textile bill becomes law," Hall stated. "That's hogwash. Retaliation against U.S. corn exports and other U.S. agricultural...
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Corn-based ethanol an environmental disaster.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...of Americans who do not grow corn but who pay large subsidies to...of our taxes. It appears that corn-derived ethanol and other biofuels...increasing world hunger. The federal law mandating ethanol content in...ethanol plants, be they based on corn or molasses, seem bad investments...
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HAS CORN BECOME THE NEW BUFFALO?
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...manufactured with derivatives of corn, from every kind of feed except...when that person dies, some laws require that the body should...in a fluid made in part from corn." "We have not begun to imagine a life without corn. We have assumed, by the...
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SIC 0115 Corn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...A forage harvester chops the corn stalks close to ground level...Government price supports for corn began with the Agricultural Adjustment...In 1938 Congress enacted a law to set up nonrecourse loans that...farmers a minimum price for their corn. If the farmers could not sell...
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Anti-Corn Law League
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Anti-Corn Law League. Agitation against the Corn Laws , which imposed duties...increased after the Corn Law of 1815, and peaked in...Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association in 1838 led...publishing attacks on the Corn Laws and sending out agents...
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Corn Laws
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Corn Laws. First passed in 1815, these...cities, Parliament passed a Corn Law that prohibited the importation...easier importation, the Corn Laws soon came under fierce attack from the Anti-Corn Law League centred in the Lancashire...
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corn
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats. corn dolly a symbolic or decorative model of a human figure, made of plaited straw. corn in Egypt a plentiful supply; from Genesis 42:2. Corn Laws in the UK, a series of 19th-century laws...
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Anti‐Corn Law League
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Anti‐Corn Law League Agitation against the Corn Laws , which imposed duties...increased after the Corn Law of 1815, and peaked...Anti‐Corn Law Association in 1838...including the Corn Laws. This split the governing...
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