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The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.
Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!
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After Pure Prairie Poultry closed, checks and chicken feed for farmers raising the birds dried up — threatening an animal welfare crisis and straining farmers’ finances, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, said in a Wednesday letter requesting help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
The couple soon found that while there was demand for eggs, the high cost of chicken feed was making the egg business unviable.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In the world of big utilities, $2.2 million is, of course, chicken feed.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Compared with the huge fine Trump is facing now, twenty-five million was chicken feed.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
The couple soon found that while there was demand for eggs, the high cost of chicken feed was making the egg business unviable.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
In the world of big utilities, $2.2 million is, of course, chicken feed.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
Compared with the huge fine Trump is facing now, twenty-five million was chicken feed.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Chicken feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20feed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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