According to University of Illinois’ Todd Hubbs (IFT, Jan. 18), despite lousy weather and prevented planting across much of the U.S., “corn prices continue to struggle.” On top of that, he projects increases for next year’s U.S. planted acreage of corn and beans — substantially for soybeans — with prices for the next marketing year expected to be 40 cents lower for both crops. Rainforest in Brazil is being burned and bulldozed to grow more corn and soybeans, and this makes price prospects even more bleak.