While the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry considers the concerns of livestock and poultry producers about feed availability and their claims that ethanol is to blame, Matt Hartwig with the Renewable Fuels Association says the ethanol industry will produce almost 40 million metric tons of livestock feed this year in the form of distillers grains, which is not accurately reflected in supply and demand statistics…
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As livestock producers have approached Congress about the feed availability issue and raised the food versus fuel flag again, Hartwig encourages lawmakers to look at more than just the price of corn.
Hartwig notes that adverse weather conditions, market speculation, monetary policy and global demand are all contributing to tighter grain supplies and higher prices, but the productivity of farmers is continuing to meet demands for food, feed and fuel.