I suspect that due to the economic policies of the current socialist occupant of the white hut, we'll be seeing shortages of a lot of things. This plays right into the Wookie's desire to control our diets as well.
Such a damn easy solution!!!
Tell the EPA to go to hell.
Bacon is already higher per pound than steak (by the pound) here in WA. I treat the spouse to bacon from time to time....I actually buy by the slice (so we don’t over eat).
I’m hearing that all meat will be going up in price. My rancher friends have made money (for a change) on beef the last couple of years...which is nice for them. But dang! Getting to where a gal can’t afford a big ol’ ribeye. And now bacon?
Serious querstion:
If I stock up a freezer full of meats like pork loins, and we have a SHTF scenario and electricity goes out- is there anything you can do to save your freezer of meat?
I have heavy duty insulation, in the winter not as big a problem- use the outdoor temperatures, but in summer I thin a few hours a day of electricity to keep it freezing for another day would help for a while- until my gas supply ran out
I have canned foods and dry foods too- lots of ‘paper products’ and big on ‘home defense’ too
The freezer full of meat is my biggest worry in the hot summer
Drying? Beef and pork jerky?
Regular gasoline/gallon $1.84
Regular gasoline/gallon $3.72
Remember Obama bought the pork as “aid” for farmers in drought stress but EPA would NOT reduce ethanol requirements for gas thus making corn extra short and expensive in the severe drought. There you have socialist utopian thinking.
The good news is that hogs reproduce exponentially and when weather gets favorable, if God allows, pig farmers will quickly fill the need. Unless Obama has killed all the piggies. If so, we can round up the wild hogs and breed.
Don’t see the problem. There should be plenty of Democrats around to make up the difference...
Time to go after the wild pigs here in the US....there’s plenty of pork.
Look for a second American revolution or civil war to become more likely and in a special event that Obama gets re-elected.
With 40% of the US corn crop going to produce worthless ethanol that does nothing to lower our use of oil, coupled with drought conditions in the corn belt expect shortages and high prices of other meats too. Stock up your freezers now as farmers are liquidating their herds and prices for a time will be low.
BS. I’ve been in the meat business for 30+ years and you can quote me, it’s all hype, ain’t gonna happen.
"Pork Bellies! I have a hunch something exciting is going to happen in the pork belly market this morning."
The author doesn’t know the hog/pork belly market. It’s quite common for wholesale bacon prices to reach an annual high in early August, then fall to annual lows in November. However, these folks are probably right in anticiapting much higher prices by next summer, since the summer surge in corn prices has almost surely caused a good bit of hog herd liquidation since late July. That’s just in time to cause a shortage of slaughter hogs next spring and summer. Actually, the USDA will release its quarterly Hogs & Pigs report concerning the hog population and outlook Friday afternoon at 2:00 PM CDT. We’ll know more then.
Pork AND!! bacon?
That ain’t right.