Both of these policies have raised demand in the country for millet and sorghum, which provide alternative sources of flour as well as chicken-feed.

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Ethanol is made from corn--otherwise known as chicken feed.

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As higher chicken feed costs push multi-national chicken firms like Pilgrim's Pride and Tyson's Food to report losses this year, Abdel Hadi says crayfish waste is an alternative source for the protein and minerals necessary to raise chickens.

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Rising commodity prices can translate into higher food costs, especially as producers of beef, pork and chicken look to pass on higher animal-feed costs.

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The baht's plunge has been a bonus for CP's core Thai agri-business exports of animal feed, frozen chicken and prawns.

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