date:Jul 26, 2012
he livestock industry could be facing serious problems.The recent spike in corn prices prompted by drought conditions in much of the Corn Belt has analysts predicting the US will run short of corn this summer,it said.
Another short corn crop would be extremely devastating to the animal agriculture industry, food-makers and foodservice providers, as well as consumers.
The RFS, which was first introduced in 2005, will this year require 15.2 billion gallons of ethanol to be produced. The Standard