farmerjan
Super Self-Sufficient
Heard that 2 more pork processing plants have closed due to the virus.... counting the Smithfield plant in SD that closed last week, that is nearly 50% of the hog processing in the country. There will be pork shortages in the future because there are hogs that can't get slaughtered. There is talk of eggs from breeder farms being dumped (the broiler breeder hens that lay the fertile eggs to be hatched) ..... If the hogs can't get processed soon, they will start killing and burying them because they cannot just keep feeding them,.... There will be breeding sows that are killed, or ones that have farrowed will have the pigs disposed of so that they will not "clog" the pipeline because there is no where for the pigs to go at weaning.
Beef slaughter is down by over 1/3 now, and it is going to get worse. We have seen a loss of income from cull cows; the kind that go into mostly hamburger and such.... from $.60-.75 cents a pound to $.35 to .45 cents a pound with the closing of the JBS processing plant in Pa.......
This is getting serious guys..... there is not a shortage of beef or pork or chicken or eggs..... it is a shortage of ability to process and part of that is because we have gotten too dependent on these BIG plants and big companies that have gotten control over all it. The smaller plants have less chance of the virus spreading amongst all the workers like the big plants..... a few smaller ones can shut down and not disrupt so much of the supply.
All the more reason to stock up on some stuff now if you find it,,,, and to raise more of your own and support your closest local small butcher......
Beef slaughter is down by over 1/3 now, and it is going to get worse. We have seen a loss of income from cull cows; the kind that go into mostly hamburger and such.... from $.60-.75 cents a pound to $.35 to .45 cents a pound with the closing of the JBS processing plant in Pa.......
This is getting serious guys..... there is not a shortage of beef or pork or chicken or eggs..... it is a shortage of ability to process and part of that is because we have gotten too dependent on these BIG plants and big companies that have gotten control over all it. The smaller plants have less chance of the virus spreading amongst all the workers like the big plants..... a few smaller ones can shut down and not disrupt so much of the supply.
All the more reason to stock up on some stuff now if you find it,,,, and to raise more of your own and support your closest local small butcher......
as too worms. i guess they could be called the 2nd long mini-pork loins...
