The three main factors affecting feed availability and cost are biofuels, global demand for U.S. agricultural commodity exports, and annual crop yields, according to the report “Future Patterns of U.S. Feed Grains, Biofuels, and Livestock & Poultry Feeding,” funded by the Institute for Feed Education and Research and conducted on behalf of the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 13 that it would be withdrawing a proposed rule requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to provide detailed location information and farm demographics for virtually every family farm engaged in the production of commercial poultry and egg products in the United States.
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