Grass has been poor and the weather's been poor and the cost of feed has already gone up.
Dairy farmers are seeing the cost of feed jump and are finally able to pass that on to consumers.
But much of the cynicism is centered on corn-based ethanol that some consider not just an inefficient fuel source but also one that also creates food shortages, driving up the cost of feed for livestock producers.
While this helps Apple extend its lead with these blockbuster products, we expect that some cost pressures will feed through as well.
Meanwhile, during the same time frame, the cost to nutritiously feed a four-person family rose by more than 40%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, says giving up 20 percent of America's corn crop to make ethanol has unintended consequences, like spiking the cost of livestock feed.
The union leader said they had already raised issues of fallen stock, shortage of fodder and the price of buying additional feed but he feared the cost of animals losses could be enough to drive some farmers out of business.
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Citi's Benson believes the German company Wacker Chemie should be least affected by the feed-in tariffs because of its low-cost position in polysilicon, a material used to make solar panels.
The feed in tariff is some 48 p per kWh: the more usual cost of a kWh of regular electricity is 10p.
Eventually, says Gruber, his fermenting process will be adapted to use corn stalks or wheat straw--known as stover and now sold as cheap animal feed or plowed back into soil--to further knock down the cost.
The only hardware store in Harrison is selling replacement fenceposts at cost, but even that break won't help ranchers who can't afford to feed their catle.
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