Top posts from 2009: From tweet corn to astroturffed fools

In taking a look at Nebraska Corn Kernel's stats for 2009, the posts below were the most read.

It is an interesting mix - from ethanol and "Tweet corn" to Time magazine and those astroturffed fools at GMA and AMI. It's also good to see that a couple of videos made the list.

1. Chief Ethanol Fuels turns 25
2. Nebraska happiest place in the U.S.
3. Tweet corn – Nebraska farmers on Twitter
4. Corn Farmers Coalition aims to educate
5. Cups of corn in Indiana’s government center
6. Pork and beans recipe contest is back
7. State Fair gives farmers chance to highlight sustaining innovation
8. Several 300+ bushels per acre in corn yield contest
9. Time (magazine) is not on your side
10. Videos: Ethanol blend pump grand opening
11. Video: Mike Rowe on lamb castration
12. Nebraska Corn Board’s FFA photo contest winners
13. U.S. Corn yields second highest ever
14. University report slams corn ethanol myths
15. GMA and AMI: Astroturffed fools

A few other posts that I liked...

• Chicken's biggest problem was too much chicken
• Flashback to 1909 for perspective on anti-ethanol news conference
  
• AVMA report disputes Pew's take on animal antibiotics
• Podcast: Why social media is important for farmers
  
• Using fear to sell movies (and food)
  
• When a burrito loses its integrity
  
• Anti-meat groups using climate change as argument
• Support of HUSU drives Idol fans away from Underwood
  
• Corn genome sequence - 'wiring diagram' - being released
  

That last one - on the genome - has a great graphic of what the genome looks like. If I had a poster of that, I'd hang it on my wall.