Comments (13)

• George Gaskell

• Bonus question: Are corn cob skewers in the basket of goods that some "economists" use to "measure" inflation?

• Published: March 26, 2008 10:27 AM

• severin

• I think you may be reading more into this than really exists. However there is no doubt that the price of corn is on the rise.

• Published: March 26, 2008 11:01 AM

• David Spellman

• This is probably exactly what you infer. The demand for corn cob skewers is down because consumption of corn on the cob is down due to rising prices. It really is a micro economic cause and effect.

  It will be much more fun to see all the major banks in America fold, but alas, the Fed will not allow that cause and effect lesson in justice play out. Nevertheless, just watching people under the sword of Damocles is entertaining.

• Published: March 26, 2008 11:44 AM

• Food and Fuel America

• The skewers you mentioned would only be used for sweet corn. While sweet corn prices may be rising, it has nothing to do with renewable fuels. It does have everything to do with higher energy, marketing and labor costs.

  Field corn, also knows as dent corn, is used for food, feed, fiber and now fuel. In many cases, the same bushel can be for one or all of these since the corn is separated into its various components.

  Learn more about Food and Fuel issues at http://www.foodandfuelamerica.com

• Published: March 26, 2008 1:49 PM

• Yancey Ward

• Obviously, what we need is a corn-cob-skewer price support plan. My heart aches for the millions of corn-cob-skewer manufacturing workers and their children who are suffering from this price decline.

  Phase two should be a tax on ethanol and subsidies for the growing of sweet corn (hmmm, good!).

  Problem solved.

• Published: March 26, 2008 2:10 PM

• Mark Thornton

• I think Yancey is on to something here. My post was done tongue in check so to speak, but I did get a great deal and my old skewers are either lost or falling apart. .

• Published: March 26, 2008 2:38 PM

• Fephisto

• I hate to take a tongue-in-cheek article and talk about it in a more serious light, because it makes me look like I didn't get the point and that I'm an idiot.

  But they come in a bag? Just how much corn do you plan on skewering and eating at once?

• Published: March 26, 2008 6:17 PM

• Glen

• Fephisto,

  When I was growing up we had a set of 8 for a family of 4. 2 per cob (I think you can get away with 1 if your skewer is well designed). These skewers were about an inch.

• Published: March 26, 2008 8:10 PM

• Michael A. Clem

• Mark, are you sure you didn't just catch them on sale? Maybe they're clearing the old ones to make room for the new ones. ;-)

• Published: March 26, 2008 10:34 PM

• bob

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• Published: March 27, 2008 5:28 AM

• David C

• Hm. Without knowing the quantities of skewers being made and sold, and how that's changed , the price alone doesn't tell us much.
  I suspect ( but cant prove) that worldwide production of these skewers is bigger than its ever been before, and that the offending skewers were made in China where productivity is very high. At least in comparison to elsewhere.

  It follows that these things will of course be offered at a lower price than ever before. Rejoice in the wealth it releases in your hands!

• Published: March 27, 2008 6:37 AM

• Fred

• What ever may be the case with corn skewers, the discussion shows that confusion has been introduced into the price system as no one can clearly interpret what the lower price means.

• Published: March 28, 2008 7:56 AM

• Bruce Koerber

• Check back in July!

• Published: March 31, 2008 8:47 PM