Feed ingredients are the No. 1 cost component of the protein business, followed by labor and energy. Oil prices are historically linked to feed-ingredient crops. 

No two years in farming are alike or free of drama; however, this may be one of the craziest years we've seen in a long time because of all the variables in play.

The proposal marked the first time EPA has lowered the overall ethanol-blending requirement from the prior year's target.

The National Turkey Federation welcomed Wednesday afternoon’s House Energy and Commerce Committee’s opening round of hearings to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act would help ease concerns created by the ethanol mandate and protect consumers, energy producers, livestock and poultry producers, food manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. economy.

The first birds fed on $8 corn will soon hit the market.

Compared with its August report, USDA reduced its current estimate for the 2012 world corn harvest by 8 million metric tons or almost 1 percent.

As drought conditions become the worst in 50 years and corn yields are expected to drop significantly, a coalition of meat and poultry organizations today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol.

The drought that has affected much of the country, particularly the Midwest, may send the cost of corn soaring.