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Pig virus cases in U.S. projected to surge after summer
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:24
by Krakowska
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:33
by Chuckwagon
The fast-moving virus has killed an estimated 8 million pigs, or about 10 percent of the U.S. herd, and helped lift retail pork prices to all-time highs around $4.10 a lb since it first was discovered in the United States in April 2013. Prices could reach $4.64 by December, said Ricky Volpe, an economist for the USDA.
A renewed PEDv outbreak could mean millions of dollars more in losses for U.S. pig farmers and further damage to international trade. Already, export markets such as China, Russia and Japan have restricted imports of live U.S. pigs due to PEDv.
Man, that's spooky! Let's just hope they develop the vaccine for the virus.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:44
by cogboy
Pork should be cheaper in the short term if the export markets are shut down ?
We will pay for it in the fall.
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:08
by Krakowska
Time to defrost and inventory the freezer. Will keep an eye out for pork deals at Restaurant Depot in Tampa. Going to make another batch (2nd) of some Powder Keg, Semi-Dry-Cured Quick Pepperoni, got a lot of "You made this?" first time I made it. The Bactoferm FLC is near the 6 month due date and I have a bunch of it left. Excellent pepperoni!
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 16:29
by redzed
And, like with everything else, once prices go up, the processors and retailers will keep them up up there even when the price paid to the producers comes down. We will all have to eat thinner slices of sausage.
(Something Ross does already.)
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 16:57
by Krakowska
It's the GREED indeed. Just like where I'm at down here. There is a chain supermarket down here called "Save A Lot" One of the butchers there had 2 pork bellies 6 months ago that he was trying to get rid of in the freezer. I bought one, he priced it as the "Going" market value. So if he bought it at a buck fifty and pork is up to say 2.50, well we know "The rest of the story" PURE profit. Just like gasoline, they raise it a dime at a crack but lower it 2 cents. AH, it's called Capitalism.
"Capitalism is a system without a soul, without humanity. It tries to reduce every human activity to market profitability." -Michael Parenti
