Most chicken execs think Congress won't change RFS
October 03, 2013 | 03:20 PM
Seventy-two percent of the 200 chicken industry executives attending the National Chicken Council conference today think Congress will take no action on the Renewable Fuel Standard, the council announced after attendees filled out a questionnaire earlier today.
Twenty-six percent think it will be reduced and 2 percent think it will be repealed, the survey showed.
National Chicken Council President Mike Brown noted that the survey did not reflect “their desire.”
The council has mounted campaigns to repeal the RFS and also to encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to change the way it manages the mandate, which meat producers blame for high feed prices.
The survey showed that 63 percent of processors said Congress would do nothing, while 78 percent of the allied industry firm leaders expect no action.
During a panel discussion, Todd Simmons, chief executive officer and vice chairman of Simmons Foods, said that it had been difficult to get Congress to take action when prices were so high it was a crisis. Now that prices are lower, getting it changed would be still harder, he said.
Twenty-six percent think it will be reduced and 2 percent think it will be repealed, the survey showed.
National Chicken Council President Mike Brown noted that the survey did not reflect “their desire.”
The council has mounted campaigns to repeal the RFS and also to encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to change the way it manages the mandate, which meat producers blame for high feed prices.
The survey showed that 63 percent of processors said Congress would do nothing, while 78 percent of the allied industry firm leaders expect no action.
During a panel discussion, Todd Simmons, chief executive officer and vice chairman of Simmons Foods, said that it had been difficult to get Congress to take action when prices were so high it was a crisis. Now that prices are lower, getting it changed would be still harder, he said.
