Don't Panic, But We Could Be on the Verge of a National Chicken Wing Shortage

Don't front on how real this is.

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On the other hand, maybe it is time to panic. Super Bowl XLVll is just over a week away, and The National Chicken Council is saying that we could be on the verge of a chicken wing shortage. The group has released a report suggesting that the demand for wings is "at an all-time high" because of a decline in production due to the high cost of feed and corn.

Wings just so happen to be the most expensive part of the chicken, currently costing $2.11 per pound in the Northeast—a 12 percent increase over last year. As a result, the organization figures there will only be 1.23 billion wings devoured during Super Bowl weekend, which is about 12.3 million less than 2012. 

Bill Roenigk, the chief economist and market analyst for the council, broke the impending fiasco down via press release:

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This could get quite ugly. Aside from Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday is apparently the biggest eating day of the year. Chicken wings, of course, are the meal of choice. According to The National Chicken Council, if those billion wings were lined up end-to-end, they would extend from Candlestick Park in San Francisco to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore 27 times over.

It's not a game. What does this mean for the Wing Bowl?

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[via Fox News]

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