Hum Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Record droughts in the US and Russia are threatening to curtail the world's bacon supply, farmers in the US and Europe are warning. So dire is the situation that a world shortage of pork and bacon is "unavoidable" next year, according to Britain's National Pig Association. And in the US farmers predict pork prices will hit new highs in 2013 as farmers cut back on production due to soaring feed costs. Across Europe swine herds are shrinking. Ireland's farmers cut their herd 6.6% in the 12 months to June 2012, Denmark's fell 2.3%, Germany, Europe's largest pork producer, cut back 1.3% and there were cuts in countries including Spain, France, Italy, Hungary and Poland. In the US the cost of bringing home the bacon has almost doubled since 2006, according to economist Steve Meyer at Paragon Economics, and an adviser to the National Pork Producers Council. Consumption is falling as less pork is produced and prices rise, down from 50.8lbs per person per year in 2007 to a predicted 44.16lbs in 2013. "It's not that people don't want to eat pork, it's just that they increasingly can't afford to," said Meyer. "We've been warning about this for years. Now that we are talking about bacon, we've really got everyone's attention." US pork producers have been hit as corn and soy prices have soared following this year's drought. Livestock farmers blame a US government mandate that 10% of the US's fuel supply must come from corn-based ethanol for propping up sky high prices. The average cost of producing 100lbs of pork was $52.76 between 1999 and 2006, said Meyer. Next year he expects it to top $100. Dr Zo? Davies, general manager of the National Pig Association in the UK said US corn prices and the impact of the ethanol subsidy were being felt worldwide. "We are competing in a fierce global market for feed," she said. Davies said 7,000 extra pigs per month were now being slaughtered in the UK by farmers looking to get out of pork production. By the end of the year she expects an extra 35,000 sows to have been killed early. "The market will sort this out, people will go out of business, there will be less pork products and prices will rise," she said. Meyer said one person who might be pleased about rising bacon prices was Michelle Obama, a champion of health eating. "I'm not much for conspiracy theories but if people are eating less meat, that's a good thing as far as they are concerned," he said. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Sweeney Todd comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Nooooooooo! :cry: IceBreakerG, DConnell and Buttus 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 My stomach can rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted September 27, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted September 27, 2012 Meyer said one person who might be pleased about rising bacon prices was Michelle Obama, a champion of health eating. There is nothing wrong with eating pork unless you are either Jewish or Muslim. I have been eating pork for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big b0b Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Nooooooooo! :cry: this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Simple solution: allow bacon companies to "harvest" feral hogs. That would help alleviate the problem, and help with the problems that those wild hogs create (harm to crops, livestock, and even humans). Ph1b3r0pt1c 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 27, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 27, 2012 it came out today that this was just a (conspiracy) rumor basically started by a UK pork trading group to raise prices... and there is no real problem Charisma and The Laughing Man 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Knight Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Interesting. Corn prices are going up yet we still destroy so much of it to support its inflation? What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadelwo Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I blame Morenstein and the rest of Epic Mealtime. MightyJordan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I blame Morenstein and the rest of Epic Mealtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This is horrible! forget the war, jobs, etc... I want to know what the presidential candidates intend to do about this!!! DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1pper Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 chance to go Kosher. :D mazal tov! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 27, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 27, 2012 Interesting. Corn prices are going up yet we still destroy so much of it to support its inflation? What gives? you mean like paying farmers to not plant crops, giving subsidies for ethanol corn farming, something that's taken away apparently a large portion of our food source planting crops Slate: No looming global bacon shortage http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/slate-no-looming-global-bacon-shortage/2012/09/27/0dd8d6b4-08b6-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted September 27, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted September 27, 2012 Additional info about the Bacon Shortage (shudder): http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/09/unavoidable_bacon_shortage_u_k_s_national_pig_association_has_everyone_worried_about_the_price_of_pork_.html Southern Patriot 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Meat prices will continue to increase until they it is large out of reach for the average person; the short-term spikes we're seeing now are merely a fraction of what we're likely to see in the next 20-30 years. Meat is an incredibly inefficient use of the planet's resources when there are many viable alternatives. I'm not a vegetarian but I've been eating a lot more Quorn recently and I'm really impressed by it - one of the main reasons I've moved over to it is because it is much lower calorie, it's more healthy (lower saturated fat, less questionable manufacturing processes), it's more ethical (it's sustainable and you don't have to worry about the treatment of animals) and it's reasonably priced. It's cheaper than most meat now. That said, few things beat a good bacon sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Shortage of bacon.....!!!! NO! Time to go to war with ... I'll be back once I figure out which nation has the most pigs :p Edit... CHINA! oh crap..... +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nominak Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Pretty sure the UK has its own pigs and there is no shortage of water here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stup0t Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Like someone has already said. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 I blame McDonald's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Additional info about the Bacon Shortage (shudder): http://www.slate.com...e_of_pork_.html Yeah, I was coming back to post the same link. So funny that so many different places call different parts of the pig bacon (or variations thereof). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 27, 2012 Member Share Posted September 27, 2012 it came out today that this was just a (conspiracy) rumor basically started by a UK pork trading group to raise prices... and there is no real problem That doesn't surprise me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorV Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 http://nooooooooooooooo.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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