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Pig Virus May Send Bacon Prices Soaring
Newser ^
| 1-11-14
| John Johnson
Posted on 01/13/2014 9:22:31 AM PST by TurboZamboni
(Newser) – Bacon lovers, be warned. A fast-spreading pig virus could send pork prices to record highs in the US, reports the Wall Street Journal. The PED virus, short for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, has hit farms in 22 states so far. It's lethal only to young pigs, not humans, but the Journal says the number of pigs being lost per week is likely to push pork prices beyond the record of $3.81 a pound. A post at Agri-Pulse predicts that the worst spikes will come in the summer.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bacon; crisis; doom; pigs
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NOT good
To: TurboZamboni
ugh, there go my plans on making a Ba-K 47!
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:23:59 AM PST
by
jurroppi1
To: TurboZamboni
That’s the tactics, if there was a conspiracy theory: infect the food production to increase the costs.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:25:59 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
To: TurboZamboni
Soaring? Like when pigs fly?
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:27:21 AM PST
by
informavoracious
(Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
To: TurboZamboni
So pigs CAN fly, at least the bacon.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:28:34 AM PST
by
12th_Monkey
(In an alternate universe Obama still dips ice cream)
To: TurboZamboni
The death rate for baby pigs at a lot of farms is 100%.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:29:47 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
To: TurboZamboni
Anything to do with the Porkulus virus that infects the District of Criminals?
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:31:06 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: TurboZamboni
"...specially in muslim neighborhoods"
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:33:47 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:35:11 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: TurboZamboni
The bad news just keeps on coming!
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:36:22 AM PST
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: TurboZamboni
$8.59/lb yesterday for a lb. of bacon at a So. Calif. Vons market.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:38:06 AM PST
by
bunster
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:41:49 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:45:57 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: TurboZamboni
A fast-spreading pig virus... Look out for those fast-spreading pigs.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:52:13 AM PST
by
Oberon
(John 12:5-6)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Pork bellies! I have a hunch something exciting is going to happen in the pork belly market this morning."
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:52:38 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
To: Oberon
I don’t want pigs that spread fast, I want pigs that spread smooth.
Baconbutter and Jelly sammiches. Now that’s good eatin.
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:56:23 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: TurboZamboni
The question is: How do we transmit the virus to feral pigs?
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posted on
01/13/2014 9:56:49 AM PST
by
aimhigh
To: TurboZamboni
Bacon is already priced high.
Even the generic brands are $6 or more for a 12 oz. package in my area.
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posted on
01/13/2014 10:01:46 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Orwell: There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.)
To: TurboZamboni
Bacon shortage -
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posted on
01/13/2014 10:02:11 AM PST
by
Godzilla
(3/7/77)
To: TurboZamboni
I guess we’ll be resorting to Bacon Spam (which is actually quite good) for our bacon fix!
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posted on
01/13/2014 10:02:45 AM PST
by
sneakers
( Quinn: "Liberty is the solution to the human condition.")
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