WASHINGTON — "It is abundantly clear that substantial evidence exists now within the existing reports of USDA regarding expected crop yields and within private sector forecasts of crop yields that current and futures pricing of corn will result in severe economic harm in the poultry and livestock sectors," wrote Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) in a petition sent Aug. 20 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Georgia is experiencing severe economic harm during this crisis, and important economic sectors in the state are in serious economic jeopardy. This harm is precisely of the type, character and extent that Congress envisioned. . .