http://pierstransportation.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/dry-skies-and-extreme-heat-threaten-u-s-corn-crop/ Tue, 14 May 2013 15:34:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://pierstransportation.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/dry-skies-and-extreme-heat-threaten-u-s-corn-crop/#comment-2940 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:00:40 +0000 http://pierstransportation.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-2940 [...] The National Chicken Council states that the demand for wings this year is at “an all-time high” with it currently the highest priced portion of a chicken. However, record high corn and feed prices due to last summer’s drought have resulted in chicken companies producing about 1% fewer birds last year, as stated in an earlier PIERS blog). [...]

]]> http://pierstransportation.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/dry-skies-and-extreme-heat-threaten-u-s-corn-crop/#comment-944 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:31:53 +0000 http://pierstransportation.wordpress.com/?p=1202#comment-944 [...] drought has recently sent the prices of corn, soybean and other commodities soaring (as stated in an earlier PIERS blog) as fields dry out and crops wither across much of the country’s midsection. Corn prices went [...]

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