Poultry prices poised to skyrocket after worst U.S. drought in half a century ravaged one-sixth of nation’s entire corn crop

Poultry prices poised to skyrocket after worst U.S. drought in half a century ravaged one-sixth of nation’s entire corn crop, Mail on Sunday, August 16, 2012. Buying a whole chicken at the supermarket or ordering a bucket of wings at your local fast food eatery may soon cost more than just a few months ago, and all due to the devastating drought that has wiped out one-sixth of the country’s corn crop in the Midwest. Dr. Kelly Zering, agricultural and resource economics, featured.