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[Sorwen]

The amount of corn fed to livestock and poultry has not decreased as ethanol production has increased. In fact, feed use has been higher than ever over the last 2-3 years. The info from the taxpayer's league says that 70% of corn has been fed to animals. That's predicatably too high. In the 1980s and '90s, a little over 60% of corn was fed. The percentage has decreased a little over the last couple years, but the total amount has stayed the same or increased. Exports have been pretty much constant over the last couple decades. Feed use has been able to stay at the same level despite the rapid growth of the ethanol industry because corn production has increased, and the increase in production has been mostly due to higher yields.