Time for the Annual "BACON SHORTAGE" warning thread

A virus outbreak (porcine epidemic diarrhea) is killing piglets around the country and likely will lead to rising pork/bacon prices. According to the article, the disease is from China and does not infect humans or other animals, so there is no direct disease danger . . .

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Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 states

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A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed.

The virus now has spread to 13 states - with more than 100 positive cases to date - since it was first diagnosed in the United States last month, said Montserrat Torremorell, the Allen D. Leman Chair in Swine Health and Productivity at the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine.

While the virus has not tended to kill older pigs, mortality among very young pigs infected in U.S. farms is commonly 50 percent, and can be as high at 100 percent, say veterinarians and scientists who are studying the outbreak. . .

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The world’s most horrifying crisis is not the Middle East uprisings, nor is it the disastrous NFL replacement referee situation. It is something much, much more dire.

According to Britain’s National Pig Association, an industry group that The Daily Caller did not make up out of thin air, a global bacon shortage is nigh. In a statement released last week, the association said that “[a] world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable.”

“New data shows the European Union pig herd is declining at a significant rate, and this is a trend that is being mirrored around the world. Pig farmers have been plunged into loss by high pig-feed costs, caused by the global failure of maize and soya harvests.” . . .

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300 H and H said:

Feed costs are about 60% of what they were a year ago, and fully 50%+ less than two years ago. The USA grew the 4th largest corn crop ever, supposedly. Not sure why feed costs in Europe are so high they are loosing money. Hog farmers here are in the green, after a few years of treading water. The hog herd is growing and new units are being built. Trouble is when you loose half a million baby pigs, down the line about 90 days or so you are going to miss them in the supply. Some of the slack is being taken up by not harvesting the pigs till they are heavier weight, thus more pounds of pork per hog....

Last fall early winter storms, blizzards actually killed over 150,000 beef cows in the northern plains. The beef supply will show this loss in the future as well. Please don't blame this all on the price of grain and using it for fuel. Only the uniformed would do so. There are natural causes in the livestock industry that are causing this.

Regards, Kirk

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Kirk, what does wearing a uniform have to do with this? Or ... did you mean to say "uninformed"?

300 H and H said:

Feed costs are about 60% of what they were a year ago, and fully 50%+ less than two years ago. The USA grew the 4th largest corn crop ever, supposedly. Not sure why feed costs in Europe are so high they are loosing money. Hog farmers here are in the green, after a few years of treading water. The hog herd is growing and new units are being built. Trouble is when you loose half a million baby pigs, down the line about 90 days or so you are going to miss them in the supply. Some of the slack is being taken up by not harvesting the pigs till they are heavier weight, thus more pounds of pork per hog....

Last fall early winter storms, blizzards actually killed over 150,000 beef cows in the northern plains. The beef supply will show this loss in the future as well. Please don't blame this all on the price of grain and using it for fuel. Only the uniformed would do so. There are natural causes in the livestock industry that are causing this.

Regards, Kirk

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Bamby said:

Haft to wonder weather this also has something to due with falling feed prices. China’s GMO Ban Costs US Corn Traders $ 427 Million in Sales – Russia Banned Import of GMO Food

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