date:Jun 13, 2012
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America's ethanol boom is stalling, and the effects are starting to spread across a Farm Belt that had grown accustomed to soaring growth. Annual U.S. production of ethanol more than tripled from 2005 to 2011, driving up crop prices and pumping money into rural communities from Nebraska to North Dakota.
(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal website, WSJ.com.)
Now, ethanol demand is topping out. The amount used in gaso