As long predicted [May 27: Update on Corn and Livestock] the chickens (couldn’t resist) are coming home to roost…. as always we are early and you never know when a thesis will hit critical mass. But as I’ve been repeating I think “oil” will be replaced with “food” as the inflation of choice for the news channels to stress over later this year and into early 09.

I will say the action this week in iPath DJ Livestock ETN (COW) was very encouraging. [Apr 23: Initiating iPath DJ Livestock ETN (COW) - Make up your own Farm Animal Headline]

I’ve mentioned this name, iPath DJ Livestock ETN (COW) recently as a play on the twin tower effects of (a) governmental ineptitude (ethanol boondoggle) and (b) Fed induced grand larceny against savers and lower/middle class (inflation). While I could see grains having a …