Closing of Tyson’s Emporia plant shows downside of Washington meddling

Better to starve the poor, "fill 'er up!": "The company cited high grain prices for the reduced supply of animals, and it connected rising grain prices to the boom in turning corn into ethanol. In short, treating food as fuel has made it too expensive to feed livestock. Tyson did not take the last step that investors and voters should. Ethanol production is booming largely because politicians lighted the fuse."