Wed Jul 2, 2008
* U.S. food aid to be predominately corn
* Corn will be milled into flour, not fed to livestock
* USAID to buy 50,000 tonnes per month through mid-2009
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By Lisa Shumaker
CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to ship mainly corn to North Korea during the next year to ease food shortages at a cost of $300 million to $350 million, including shipping, Jon Brause, USAID's expert on North Korea, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUKN0243231120080702