Georgia, struggling with a drought of its own, also has to worry about earth-parched conditions in other states, particularly the Corn Belt states of the Midwest. “Ninety-eight percent of our corn comes from the Midwest,” said Emory Forrester, director of feed milling and feed delivery for Baldwin-based Fieldale Farms. “We don’t get much Georgia corn because it’s ... not grown that in-depth in Georgia.”
Drying up: Midwest drought, corn prices having impact on poultry industry