"Get ready for the heat. Scientists at Stanford University in California and Purdue University in Indiana say global warming is going to hit hard in Corn Belt states where it most matters -- the corn market. The study, financed by the U.S. Department of Energy, says that the corn market will be walloped in the coming years by climate change."

"Factors such as market policies or oil prices have comparatively little effect on corn prices compared to global warming, the study says. In fact, heat waves sparked by rising global temperatures are expected to become more common, withering crops in the Midwest, scientists say.

Farmers would be forced to increase their crops' heat tolerance or move northward to farm near the Canadian border to avoid the heat waves."

J.T. Rushing reports for the Cedar Rapids Gazette April 29, 2012. [2]