"As the drought continues to afflict the nation's corn belt, hog and chicken farmers are competing with ethanol factories for scarce and increasingly expensive corn. Meat producers say it's not a fair competition, because government rules call for a minimum level of ethanol production, no matter what the cost. They're campaigning for a suspension of those rules."
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157400868/in-drought-stricken-midwest-its-fodder-vs-fuel
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