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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1815250" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>It was also reported this week that Smithfields is closing 35 hog farms in Missouri. Quote from the article is "T<em>he U.S. meat industry has struggled to afford higher feed and labor costs while Americans grapple with escalated food prices, decreasing demand for pork and poultry</em>". I understand high feed costs and labor costs as well as escalated food prices. But why the decreased demand for pork and poultry? All while on the hoof beef prices are way up and lots of cows going to slaughter. Grocery store prices for pork and chicken are much lower than beef. It would seem to me that the consumer would be buying more of this chicken and pork glut at the lower prices relative to beef.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1815250, member: 40418"] It was also reported this week that Smithfields is closing 35 hog farms in Missouri. Quote from the article is "T[I]he U.S. meat industry has struggled to afford higher feed and labor costs while Americans grapple with escalated food prices, decreasing demand for pork and poultry[/I]". I understand high feed costs and labor costs as well as escalated food prices. But why the decreased demand for pork and poultry? All while on the hoof beef prices are way up and lots of cows going to slaughter. Grocery store prices for pork and chicken are much lower than beef. It would seem to me that the consumer would be buying more of this chicken and pork glut at the lower prices relative to beef. [/QUOTE]
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