Food prices June 2021

[The Porch]

Hatcheries are so sold out!! Most have anticipated ship dates of Aug thru Oct . Gonna be a lot of chickens for sale by buyers who "changed their minds"

If a hen isn't broody soon I'll crank up the Bator. Hey, I'm giving eggs away now -- might as well sell chicks.

I have one that started on Wednesday, I dont have eggs to give her

 

[The Porch]

My TSC has had everything set up for a month. Never a chick has arrived.

Chicks are the new TP hoarding.

Same here

 

[murphysranch]

Speaking of TP, America buys over 2 million tons of kraft pulp from Canada. This pulp makes up about 1/3 of a roll of TP and about 50% of of a roll of paper towels.

The 50% tariff that the US is imposing on this pulp will cause a shortage and then price increases from the US based tp and pt manufacturers.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yep. There's gonna be increases. I rarely use paper towels, opting for wash & reuse. But TP ? Yeah, I keep a supply. Only me here, so not bad. Watch for sales, buy a little, that's me.

More meat buying here at very best sales, I'm not out of anything. Plus, I have meat on the hoof. And know where to buy from farmer. coffee, flour, salt, sugar set 1yr+. Canning lids a couple yrs. Jars a plenty. Own fertilizer produced on farm

 

[The Porch]

Speaking of TP, America buys over 2 million tons of kraft pulp from Canada. This pulp makes up about 1/3 of a roll of TP and about 50% of of a roll of paper towels.

The 50% tariff that the US is imposing on this pulp will cause a shortage and then price increases from the US based tp and pt manufacturers.

I buy USA made Bamboo TP

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Good heavens, my resolve is weakening. Saw some Black Australorps chicks while at one of the local farm stores yesterday. Spent the rest of my afternoon trying to noodle out a setup for 4-6 birds. Promised my self not this year.

Noooo - do it! Next year is too far away, lol.

 

[murphysranch]

• China as the Primary Source:
  Currently, the majority, if not all, of the bamboo pulp used for toilet paper, including that made and sold in the US, originates in China.

 

[Mini Horses]

So much goes into food prices, beyond profit mark ups. There's labor, transport, gas/diesel, containers, fertilizers, seed, and more! Plus weather can make or break a crop. Plus pest damage. Then feed, water, bedding, power, housing, if animal. These are all part of the trickle down.

Intense combination. Hug your chickens, love those cows pray for good weather. Thank a farmer.

 

[flowerbug]

I buy USA made Bamboo TP

sounds painful

 

[The Porch]

sounds painful

no silly