Canadian Super Bowl fans can rest easy on this side of the border as there will be plenty of wings available for consumption when Super Bowl XLVII comes to Canadian living rooms this Sunday.
South of the border, The National Chicken Council released a report recently that says the demand for wings this year is at “an all-time high” in the country.
“Chicken companies produced about one-per-cent fewer birds last year, due in large part to record-high corn and feed prices,” explained Bill Roenigk, chief economist and market analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based National Chicken Council. “Simply put, less corn equals higher feed costs, which means fewer birds produced.”
Meanwhile, there doesn’t seem to be a shortfall in Canada. “There have been no reports of shortages at all,” Lisa Bishop-Spencer, manager of Communications for the Chicken Farmers of Canada, was quoted as saying by the Winnipeg Free Press. “You can enjoy your Super Bowl. You can enjoy your NHL.” According to Bishop-Spencer, Canada was not affected by the shortage as the wings are not imported from the U.S., and Canada was not affected by droughts that occurred south of the border last summer.
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