If they did not run the plants at full capacity then explain to me what you think they actually did.  Facts confirm they ran the plants at capacity to alleviate the potential for even a more disastrous situation for producers.  Since you claim economics is so simple then explain why they did not slow the kills to extend their inventory while reducing production to raise wholesale value and enlarge their profits even more.  If they did not care for produces why did they not do that? The economics of that is so simple you should even be able to understand that process.  Simple economics would suggest a further backlog would have resulted in even lower prices than you recieved; simple isn't it.