During 2006-08, corn prices rose as more was used for ethanol, but other factors also had major impacts

Percent
Dollars per bushel

Line Bar combo chart with 21 groups, 1 line and 1 bar per group.

Group 1, 1990.
Bar 1, 4%.
Line 1, 2.28.
Group 2, .
Bar 1, 4%.
Line 1, 2.37.
Group 3, 1992.
Bar 1, 4%.
Line 1, 2.07.
Group 4, .
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 2.5.
Group 5, 1994.
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 2.26.
Group 6, .
Bar 1, 4%.
Line 1, 3.24.
Group 7, 1996.
Bar 1, 4%.
Line 1, 2.71.
Group 8, .
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 2.43.
Group 9, 1998.
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 1.94.
Group 10, .
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 1.82.
Group 11, 2000.
Bar 1, 5%.
Line 1, 1.85.
Group 12, .
Bar 1, 6%.
Line 1, 1.97.
Group 13, 2002.
Bar 1, 9%.
Line 1, 2.32.
Group 14, .
Bar 1, 10%.
Line 1, 2.42.
Group 15, 2004.
Bar 1, 10%.
Line 1, 2.06.
Group 16, .
Bar 1, 12%.
Line 1, 2.
Group 17, 2006.
Bar 1, 17%.
Line 1, 3.04.
Group 18, .
Bar 1, 21%.
Line 1, 4.2.
Group 19, 2008.
Bar 1, 27%.
Line 1, 4.06.
Group 20, .
Bar 1, 30%.
Line 1, 3.55.
Group 21, 2010.
Bar 1, 39%.
Line 1, 5.4.

Corn price, Dollars per bushel
Share for ethanol, percent
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from Feed Grains Database, (http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/feedgrains/).