Poultry prices posed to skyrocket after US drought

Buying a whole chicken at the supermarket or ordering a bucket of wings at your local fast food eatery may soon cost more than just a few months ago, and all due to the devastating drought that has wiped out one-sixth of the country's corn crop in the Midwest.

Corn makes up 70 per cent of chicken feed. Since the beginning of June, price on corn has gone up 40 per cent, forcing poultry producers to spend more money on each chicken they grow.