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Elevated Corn Prices Lead To Slashed Super Bowl Chicken Wing Supply
For many, chicken wings are a necessary staple of a Super Bowl Sunday diet. But getting one’s hands on the bite-sized bits may be easier said than done thanks to a spike in corn prices.
According to a press release posted Tuesday on the official website of the National Chicken Council in Washington, D.C., the increase in the cost of corn, in tandem with other factors, has resulted in fewer birds produced overall.
“Chicken companies produced about one percent fewer birds last year, due in large part to record high corn and feed prices,” Bill Roenigk, chief economist and market analyst, was quoted as saying. “Corn makes up more than two-thirds of chicken feed and corn prices hit an all-time high in 2012, due to two reasons: last summer’s drought and pressure from a federal government requirement that mandates 40 percent of our corn crop be turned into fuel in the form of ethanol.”
He added, “Simply put, less corn equals higher feed costs, which means fewer birds produced.”
Officials at the NCC additionally noted that wing consumption on game day has decreased as a result, to the tune of 12.3 million fewer wings total.
The nation will still dine on an impressive amount of chicken wings, however – an estimated 1.23 billion wings are expected to be eaten during the Feb. 3 showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report released earlier this month on the 2012 growing season showed farmers harvested 10.78 billion bushels of corn, less than three-fourths of what the agency predicted last spring.
6 Comments on "Elevated Corn Prices Lead To Slashed Super Bowl Chicken Wing Supply"
BillT on Sun, 3rd Feb 2013 1:35 pm
And this year will be even smaller, wait and see. You cannot eat your corn and drive it too.
Brent on Sun, 3rd Feb 2013 4:08 pm
Yeah I live in Kansas and there has been no rain. We are now heading into our third year of really bad drought.
DC on Sun, 3rd Feb 2013 5:13 pm
Better Title
Obese amerikans might not be able to shovel more corn into there gaping maws during Idiotic Non-Sport Event
Completely omitted in this silly article, is the minor fact that chickens, on there own, would never eat corn in the first place. Or that being force fed a steady diet of corn, actually makes chickens rather ill.
Norm on Sun, 3rd Feb 2013 7:54 pm
Go find yourself a DVD called ‘KING CORN you are what you eat’ its a society-critical DVD, low budget by a couple of beginners, but highly informative. Hits ALL the essential details of whats wrong with the corn-fed society, and how it came into existence in the first place. I mention it because I watched it, its not a scheme, I dont sell DVD’s. Society-critical DVD’s like ‘Gasland’ are very important to surviving and coping, in the all-new screwed-up America.
BillT on Mon, 4th Feb 2013 12:43 am
Norm, you are correct. Especially the corn syrup that they add to EVERYTHING! Read the labels on your food and get an education in chemistry and sugars.
Hugh Culliton on Tue, 5th Feb 2013 12:58 pm
I went grocery shopping yesterday. I don’t know how reliable it is as a barometer of of food prices, but Kraft Dinner (with the radioactive-orange ‘cheeze sauce)was going for $1.00 at the Wal-Mart! Hark! Reality draws near!