Super Bowl wing consumption is down about one percent, or 12.3 million wings, compared to last year's numbers, but not because demand for them is declining.
Record-high feed costs during the second half of 2012 and undoubtedly at least for the first half of 2013 make any predictions about the chicken business in the new year more difficult and precarious than usual.
He will bring more than 12 years of combined experience in strategic communications, public policy, politics and meat and poultry issues management to NCC’s senior management team.
The U.S. government has announced that it will buy a $40 million “bonus” purchase of chicken, on top of the chicken it normally buys for feeding programs, including soup kitchens and school lunches.
Tyson Foods Inc. and Pilgrim's Pride Corp. have begun using wheat for chicken feed, and Reuters is reporting rumors that some ethanol plants may close until the fall corn harvest, due to corn prices that have approached $8 a bushel.
