At the same time, farmers spent a total of $24.5 billion on feed that year.

I can't believe he still has it up on his Twitter feed.

The animals grow to market weight faster on less feed.

Farmers were told to keep their animals under cover and on stored feed.

A ban on such feed was imposed at that time.

A ban on such feed has existed in France since 1996.

More important, the ban on feed has hardly been enforced.

The May placements brought the number of cattle on feed in the seven states to 7.5 million, 3 percent below a year ago.

But in what sense is a chicken fed on conventional feed still organic?

Well, the topic and the issue of security generated a huge response on my Twitter feed.