Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer

The country's bacon reserves are at the lowest levels in half a century.

In other words, pig farmers can't keep up with the world's sizzling appetite for those fatty, smoky strips of sheer eating pleasure.

The Ohio Pork Council, a Columbus-based non-profit, reported Tuesday that demand for frozen pork belly, frequently made into bacon, is outpacing supply.

“Today’s pig farmers are setting historic records by producing more pigs than ever,” said Rich Deaton, president of the organization. “Yet our reserves are still depleting.”

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/02/01/nations-bacon-reserves-hit-50-year-low-prices-rise/97327794/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Sherman A1]

1. Oh, my

no wonder I saw bacon "on sale" for $5.00 per package....

[msanthrope]

2. The Apocalypse is nigh. nt

[Javaman]

20. Bacon-pocalypse. nt

[tanyev]

3. I...didn't know we had bacon reserves.

[Friend or Foe]

4. You never saw Trading Places?

Pork Bellies are a commodity traded on the CME.
We better have bacon reserves. It's the only way to keep Bubba and Scooter in check.

[tanyev]

9. I did have a vague notion that pork bellies were a traded commodity,

but I guess I thought it was traded and then off to market. I never thought about the "reserves" aspect of it before.

[VWolf]

13. I put all my money in F.C.O.J.

Worst investment decision of my life

[YOHABLO]

5. Well the price of gas is low so it all balances out. Right?

[Achilleaze]

6. Comrade Casino (IKGOPR) claims full credit.

[DK504]

24. Oh come on now!!!!

I just lost my appettite from all pig meat. Ugh.

[packman]

25. THAT IS DISGUSTING

I love pork - bacon, chops, loin, ham - and you spoiled that for me - How can I ever forgive you !!!

[malthaussen]

7. Does this mean somebody needs to save our bacon? n/t

[OnDoutside]

8. Too many people bringing home the bacon I guess ...

[3catwoman3]

10. I had no idea that there was...

...such a thing as bacon reserves.

[shenmue]

11. This is a bacon emergency

[rocktivity]

12. Had to quit the stuff

- had a pack a day habit, LOL


rocktivity

[oneshooter]

14. Guess I will have to go out and shoot a couple more feral pigs.

Need to keep my supply up. It takes about a month to cure and smoke the bacon and hams.

[El Mimbreno]

17. Great signature line!!

So where's our invite to your pig roast?

[not fooled]

19. Converting a noxious, environmentally descructive invasive pest

into tasty bacon. Now that's win-win.

[NickB79]

34. No feral pigs up here yet, but its only matter of time

I expect they'll gain a foothold here in MN in 10-15 years as the climate warms.

And I'll be ready with my rifle

[jmowreader]

38. How are you managing to cure feral pig into ham in a month?

A year is more like it, if you're doing a dry cure.

[oneshooter]

40. By soaking in a brine solution for several days

then using a brown sugar/ salt pack for two weeks, then smoking for 3 weeks.

[MosheFeingold]

42. Saw a feral pig recently

I'm very much a creature of NYC and Washington DC, but have gotten older and now live with my son and his wife (well, OK, in a house behind their house).

Anyway, I am now a resident of very rural, desert, New Mexico.

During a morning walk in the fall, I saw what I thought was a hippo. It had to have been 500lbs.

It was ripping the roots out of a desert willow tree. He glanced at me and then continued about his business.

Pretty nasty animal. And obviously destructive. Later, I noticed the tree had fallen over.

I am, however, amazed at how they can basically live anywhere.

[oneshooter]

50. If your son is a hunter, or knows one, then tell him.

A large hog like that can be dangerous, and TASTY. All at the same time.

[MosheFeingold]

60. Well, we're Jewish

And thus not terribly big on hunting for sport. Or swine, for that matter.

But we are happy for others to have at it.

The natives (and I mean natives, as in, Apache) opine that they are not good to eat because they have some sort of infection.

[brooklynite]

15. Attacking the soft under-pork belly of American society...

[safeinOhio]

16. Other than a couple of pig knuckles

a few times a year to cook up some beans, I never buy pork.

[El Mimbreno]

18. Ever had Irish bacon?

Very lean, looks like ham, tastes like bacon. American style bacon just isn't the same anymore. Hard to get good bacon anyway - some of this stuff cooks up strange. Instead of browning, it turns sort of a yellowish tan.

[Sunlei]

21. I know most of the cattle grazed on our public land for 1$ a month are exported, probably pork too.

dairy also, majority is exported. What little stays in America to be sold to Americans, (just like our critical medicines) enjoys a fabulous profit.

[EX500rider]

48. Exports are only 9% of US cattle production.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/cattle-beef/statistics-information.aspx

[IronLionZion]

22. The pork industry surreptitiously convinced us we love bacon

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-06/bacon-why-americas-favorite-food-mania-happened

Bacon has always existed, yet it seems to have gotten into everything from cocktails and ice cream to personal lubricants and soap. Bacon soap sounds disgusting. They've even got celebrity chefs claiming bacon is the cure for dangerous veganism. RW racists claim bacon is patriotic and people who don't eat it should not be allowed in our country.

People add bacon grease to things too. It's been popping up in tv shows as the secret ingredient fictional characters put into spaghetti, kale, corn cakes, etc.

I've always felt it was bit nutty. I occasionally have a strip or 2 as a brunch food and will put some into collard greens but people have gotten out of control lately.

[MicaelS]

43. No one had to convince me...

I love Pork, always have. Especially Bacon. OTOH, Mutton is awful.

[byronius]

23. I read this and flinch, knowing that these creatures are smarter than dogs.

They maintain family structures. They can develop vocabularies. They express emotion.

So I read "Nation's supply of enslaved sentient beings bred in horrible conditions for food hits 50-year low."

It's just the truth. Uncomfortable truth.

[Coventina]

30. +1 n/t

[athena]

32. Agreed 100%.

I've been a vegetarian for almost four years. These days, the sight of someone eating an animal makes me feel like I'm watching some sort of documentary about medieval torture practices.

[SticksnStones]

39. me too...

[MicaelS]

44. Oh please..

Hindus feel the same way about cattle. This kind of rhetoric is what turns people off to Vegan / Vegetarianism.

I like to eat meat, and make no apologies.

[byronius]

45. Well, perhaps you should try eating people, then.

Since you make no apologies for consuming sentient beings, that is. I hear they taste just like pork.

Same old, same old.

I used to be just like you.

[flvegan]

49. +1

[oneshooter]

51. Perhaps you would be better off eating"long pig". n/t

[byronius]

59. Well. Conservatives are delicious with an orange sauce to stave off the slight odor of rot.

Either that or boil them to mush.

[randome]

26. Okay, who's hogging the bacon?

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[packman]

27. Four - maybe 5 - smells we can all agree on as soul satisfying

1. Babies after a bath
2. Newly mowed lawn
3. Scent of a new car
4. Bacon in the morning
5. Coffee just brewed

[Action_Patrol]

35. 5.5: puppy breath

[oneshooter]

41. That dependa on what the puppy found that he/she determined was edible.

[Action_Patrol]

46. Truth. I'm a gambler though.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. "Aporkalypse Now"

I love the smell of bacon in the morning. It smells like ... breakfast.

[underpants]

29. Smithfield Packing "processes" 30,000 pigs a day at the Tarheel NC plant

Yes you read that right. 30,000 each day.

[Coventina]

31. Gross.

[Lostnote]

47. Chinese purchased Smithfield Meats 1yr ago...

I have a feeling that you are already aware of this however I thought I'd mention it anyways... Pax

[underpants]

57. Yes they did

They still openly recruit on the other side of the Mexican border.

[LeftInTX]

33. Trump's stealing it to make a pig bomb

Don't they like to claim that pig bombs will get rid of Muslims?

[MyNameGoesHere]

36. I don't know of anything about bacon

Other than you could wrap a dog turd in bacon and it would be delicious if us. . Mmmm Bacon

[Tanuki]

37. Thanks, Trump !! eom

[rzemanfl]

52. I this was exposed as a hoax.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38836782

[Lint Head]

53. I love the smell of bacon in the morning.

[JonLP24]

54. I'm glad I decided to stop eating meat

[doc03]

55. Hey Trump can't blame Muslims for that nt

[HassleCat]

56. This could be my fault.

When there is bacon, I make a pig (!) of myself.

[RegexReader]

58. OK

just what can't Trump mess up?