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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-09-25 02:00
With pork costs rising, Great Britain is facing a bacon and sausage shortage as pig farmers cut back on herd size. But the problem may soon become global.
In a recent press release, the U.K.'s National Pig Association is warning 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. All main European pig-producing countries report shrinking sow herds.
Financial Times reports that this past season's droughts in North America and Russia are to blame for the spike in prices for grain crops, which are used to feed animals.
As of August, nearly half of all counties in the U.S. were considered disaster areas due to extreme dryness and heat.
Some U.S. farmers have taken to extreme measures to feed their livestock and save money at the same time, including one Kentucky farmer who fed his cattle candy "just to survive."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/bacon-sausage-shortage_n_1909609.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
NOOOOOO
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paladin wrote on 2012-09-25 02:14
Atleast its not all pork
chicken and pork are the meats for most people behind fish
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Cynic wrote on 2012-09-25 02:35
Makes me glad I seldom eat any pork, if at all.
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Tropacat wrote on 2012-09-25 02:51
NOOOO
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Maenad wrote on 2012-09-25 03:11
The Mayans were right. The world is ending in 2012. A world without bacon just isn't a world at all ;_;
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Second wrote on 2012-09-25 03:25
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Rin wrote on 2012-09-25 04:17
Shortage of bacon: do not care
Shortage of sausage: NOOOOOOOO
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truefire wrote on 2012-09-25 05:12
>Does not eat pork
>Does not care
Unless there is a shortage of poultry or seafood I'm not aware of, life will go on. There's a reason it's called "The OTHER white meat" and not "THE white meat". :p
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Sekwaf wrote on 2012-09-25 05:39
As much as I like my bacon, as long as I can keep my beef I'm fine. These are the advantages to being lazy and having cereal for breakfast rather than a real meal.
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Cucurbita wrote on 2012-09-25 07:08
Well to be fair, people in the west are consuming way ridiculous amounts of meat anyways.
I remember back in Korea you could go for days without meat and you wouldn't think twice of it.
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Kendoza wrote on 2012-09-25 10:27
I kinda lol'd at this. I was more into chicken anyways.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-09-25 16:56
How good is Bacon good for if left in the freezer?
I have a lot of bacon in there I haven't touched for months.
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Excalibur wrote on 2012-09-25 17:19
Quote from Kingofrunes;955584:
How good is Bacon good for if left in the freezer?
I have a lot of bacon in there I haven't touched for months.
Months? Big tummy ache.
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Osayidan wrote on 2012-09-25 18:35
So "bringing home the bacon" might actually be worth something now.
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Murasaki wrote on 2012-09-25 19:21
I prefer beef. I hardly ever eat bacon so this really wouldn't affect me at all.