Associations tell House Ag Subcommittee about rising feed costs due to ethanol mandates

A turkey industry representative told a House Agriculture Subcommittee the federally mandated use of ethanol has created an immediate and legitimate concern about the availability and cost of feed ingredients for poultry and livestock.

Ted Seger, president and part owner of Farbest Foods Inc. and past chairman of the National Turkey Federation (NTF), told the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry that it has become clear, from the minute the government chose to subsidize corn as an energy source, that livestock and poultry interests have taken a back seat to the ethanol industry.