Mike McDonald : Expect the price of milk , eggs and dairy products to go up . McDonald : America 's policy of diverting corn to ethanol production is causing high prices . She says if we must have an ethanol mandate , then we should cut the level by half . Using current numbers , this year 's ethanol mandate would theoretically require 44 % of this year 's corn crop , a third of which is recycled back as distillers grains for livestock feed . McDonald : Better still , scrap the national ethanol mandate and let each state decide .
Mike McDonald : Expect the price of milk , eggs and dairy products to go up . McDonald : America 's policy of diverting corn to ethanol production is causing high prices . She says if we must have an ethanol mandate , then we should cut the level by half . McDonald : Better still , scrap the national ethanol mandate and let each state decide .