Risk management crucial as feed prices soar

With a recession underway driven by record oil and crop prices, feed markets are experiencing a historical moment. Feed Tech spoke with sources who say inept public policy and laissez-faire risk management in the United States have contributed to some dramatic losses.   By Nicholas Zeman Crop prices, especially for feedstuff staples like wheat, soybeans and corn, have toppled previous price records several times over the course of the last 18 months. The biofuels industry has been blamed