Pork Shortage Predicted for Next Year: Are You Willing to Pay a Premium for Bacon?

by mrosen814 Posted 2012/09/26 21:00:00

Related Topics: Bacon, Money, Pork, Pig, Business, UK, LA, Industry, Drought, Condition, Double, World

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There may in fact be a pork shortage next year, according to an industry trade group out of the UK. Who or what is to blame for the shortage? According to the National Pig Assn. in Britain, "blame the drought conditions that blazed through the corn and soybean crop this year. Less feed led to herds declining across the European Union at a significant rate.”

Due to the shortage, consumers could expect to pay up to double for bacon, the all-time favorite pork product. Are you willing to pay a premium for the breakfast meat?

LATIMES.COM reports:
Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because "a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable," according to an industry trade group.

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Purple Pinto ~PWCM~JLA 2012/09/26 22:31:38

Yes

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Looks like we'll be buying a pig or two from the 4-H kids after the fairs.
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Riku Xander 2012/10/19 00:15:20

Yes

I'd pay 10 times for the yummy crispy taste of bacon.

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volodymyr sereda sereda 2012/10/05 19:31:58

No

I wouldn't get it if it were free.

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Hawk 2012/10/03 15:50:47

No

If it`s true I`ll just do without. It`s not a priority with me.

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timothy.hill.14 2012/10/03 00:20:06

No

I'm going to sell it on street corners.

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Cricket 2012/10/03 00:04:30

No

never!

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Leslie Goudy 2012/10/02 23:16:12

No

+1
I eat a lot of chicken these days

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Pronatalist Pronatalist 2012/10/02 23:00:22

No

Pay more for meat that isn't even kosher? I don't think so.

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Boshemia 2012/10/02 22:19:59

Yes

I'm not sure I can pay more... but I love me some pork. Hard to do without totally.

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Seeker of Truth - War Wizard 2012/10/02 21:54:55

Yes

I don't eat it often enough for a premium to be a big deal.

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Monkey D. Luffy 2012/10/02 19:14:48

No

Ugh..pork.. >_<

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Kristen Pratts 2012/10/01 01:01:53

No

No.. Dont need it that bad! I will but it now and then tho.

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T 2012/09/29 21:13:18

No

I hunt feral hogs, so bacon isn't hard for me to get a hold of. It's not as good as the farm raised stuff, but I'm okay with that.

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El Prez 2012/09/29 20:01:15

No

Many other good things to eat, that are better for you.

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Dave 007 2012/09/29 11:59:49

No

Don't really eat it.

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Bannor Haruchai 2012/09/29 11:33:22

No

But I've already started stockpiling

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Wm Kabrich 2012/09/29 04:48:31

Yes

To quote John Pinette "Who f**k up the Pork???"

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mizzSHADYgirl 2012/09/28 18:53:37

Yes

i guess

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Tom 2012/09/28 17:20:26

Yes

+3
MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm Bacon

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richard.maloney.7 2012/09/28 16:16:54

No

no, just go hunting and get a deer or moose, they eat all natural so why not take advantage of what nature offers you instead of steroid popped pork

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s m to richard... 2012/09/28 16:41:15

+2
how many meese do you find in Central Park, NYC?

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Peri Duke to s m 2012/11/12 04:04:10

Messe???

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krayzrick 2012/09/28 15:13:45

No

+2
don't eat it

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Searchin' 2012/09/28 14:54:17

No

So let me get this straight...we're being told there is a WORLD-WIDE shortage of pork because there is a declining herd population in the EU. Wow, if I was China or some of the other Asian countries I think I might try to get a share of that market! I mean is it just me, or does pork seem to be a common ingredient in Asian recipes. Just saying....

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s m to Searchin' 2012/09/28 16:42:08 (edited)

Asians eat pork, chicken and fish, Very little beef.

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FlyGalsMom to Searchin' 2012/09/29 05:49:57

+1
Well don't worry about it too much ~ islam doesn't like pork so we in America should get used to not eating it~~ Lord knows our elected officials will cave into their every wish~

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dmitch1111d 2012/09/28 13:41:12

No

NO.......Don't buy bacon/pork at high prices....!!! Supply and demand will lower the price
of the products to acceptable levels. Bacon; not the best thing to be eating anyway.
Maybe they do us a favor.............!!!!!!

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**StarzAbove** 2012/09/28 13:25:50

Yes

Yes. And I'll be buying a ham as well.

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Proud 2012/09/28 13:18:37
DANNY59 2012/09/28 12:39:54

No

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As of yesterday, 9/27/12 they recanted that story and said it was a mistake. You really can't trust any form of media anymore. You could make up a bizarre rumor today, and if it's interesting enough it will be around the world by tomorrow. With the internet, and other forms of lightening fast ways of communicating, the world has become so much smaller. I have to check out any story I hear before I'll pass the info on to a friend or social media, it's too bad but that's the way the world is now. Like agent Muldur used to say, Trust No One. I'm really more trusting than I sound here, but you really have to wait and see when a big news story breaks, it's likely to change in a day or two.

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janet 2012/09/28 12:19:31

No

I can live without it : )

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Dave**Gay for Girls** 2012/09/28 11:47:56

No

+1
I seldom eat bacon.

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Playerazzi 2012/09/28 10:15:59

No

Ohmygawd, pork shortage.

You couldn't pay ME enough to eat the stuff. . . .

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Israel 2012/09/28 10:03:02 (edited)

Yes

It is the only meat that is not halal. So you can eat it knowing it has not been tortured to death.

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zcberry 2012/09/28 10:00:04

No

+2
anyone?!??! LOL!!!

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JackoClubs 2012/09/28 09:35:27

Yes

Why not? Bacon is already outrageously expensive.

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brian 2012/09/28 08:47:43

No

+1
I only buy it once in a while and when the price went up a buck I stopped buying it, so if it doubles in price I will start up a pig farm.

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Commander Pyle 2012/09/28 08:03:04

Yes

+2
Bacon is too good to be forbidden.

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Cat 2012/09/28 05:38:23

No

I only use Turkey or soy bacon.

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Stan Weinstein 2012/09/28 05:30:23

No

There's no pork shortage now or next year. It's just the industries way of saying "PORK YOU" to its customers. We're going to be just like our product " a bunch of greedy pigs".

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us 2012/09/28 04:48:10

Yes

But why a shortest on pigs when in florida, they have alot of pigs to many.

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