Question

The USDA maintains ethanol has an impact on food prices. "Higher ethanol production definitely and directly raises the price of corn," said USDA economist Ephraim Leibtag. In the long run in the corn market, what is true if the production of ethanol increases?

Answer 1

new corn farmers will enter the market and decrease the market price.

Step-by-step explanation:

In regards to the information provided, it can be said that in a long term perspective if the production of ethanol keeps increasing then new corn farmers will enter the market and decrease the market price. This is because as ethanol production increases, so does the price of corn. This will continue up to a certain point were profitability for farmers is high and many new farmers will enter the market hoping to profit from the corn as well. All these new farmers will drastically increase the production of corn and as the supply of corn rises the prices will begin to fall.