Mileage Psycho Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Damn. The rest of the story at the link. Quote 'Horrible choices': Iowa livestock producers may have to euthanize pigs as packing plants struggle Iowa livestock producers face tumbling prices after hundreds of meatpacking workers have tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in Midwest processing plants significantly slowing production or closing. The situation could turn tragic for pork producers, who face the possibility of euthanizing thousands of animals backed up on farms across the state. "Producers face horrible choices," said Dermot Hayes, an Iowa State University agriculture economist. Pork processing capacity has shrunk by about 25%, crushing hog prices, which have tumbled about 50% since January. That's especially troubling in Iowa, the nation's largest pork producer, with nearly 25 million pigs in confinements across the state. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday he's heard estimates that the country has about 100,000 pigs that should be slaughtered each day but aren't. "Apply that over 10 days, and with a million pigs, you’ve got a big problem," the Iowa Republican said in a call with reporters. Cattle producers face big losses and tough choices, too, but have more flexibility to hold animals on their farms longer than pork producers do. Farmers face widespread disruption from the pandemic. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2020/04/21/coronavirus-meatpacking-slowdown-force-iowa-pork-producers-euthanize-pigs-covid-19/5164368002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Too bad producers dont have like a farm or something the animals could just live on and stop breeding for maybe 3 months until demand rises... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 22, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 22, 2020 This isn't good...... https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/04/22/meat-packing-plants-covid-may-force-choice-worker-health-food/2995232001/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, Anler said: Too bad producers dont have like a farm or something the animals could just live on and stop breeding for maybe 3 months until demand rises... If you look further into the article some have a spot where they can put the hogs on a diet for a week or so and then comes the decision to kill the hogs or the piglets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: If you look further into the article some have a spot where they can put the hogs on a diet for a week or so and then comes the decision to kill the hogs or the piglets. Because they dont want to pay to feed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Anler said: Because they dont want to pay to feed them? Space becomes an issue if I understood what I read correctly: Quote Here's the problem producers face: When pigs reach market weight, they're moved out of a confinement for slaughter, making way for new animals. But now, market-weight hogs remain as hundreds of piglets arrive. Farmers can juggle both sets of pigs in barns for a while, including putting market-ready pigs on a diet to slow their weight gain, Meyer and others explained. "You can multiple-stock barns (with piglets) to absorb the shock," Meyer said. "But when that runs out, you've got to destroy market hogs to create space — or you've got to destroy the pigs that are forcing them out. "Neither of those are choices that anyone wants to make," he said. The Iowa Pork Producers Association says some members are talking with veterinarians about euthanasia, but the group said it didn't believe producers had started destroying animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Mileage Psycho said: Space becomes an issue if I understood what I read correctly: Well thats what I am talking about. Stop breeding hogs until demand rises ffs. Why the fuck would you breed hogs and feed them so you can kill them and let them rot? Also, isnt packaging and freezing an option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Just release them into the wild and have free range pigs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 minute ago, XC.Morrison said: Just release them into the wild and have free range pigs. Werd. then people can just hunt their own hogs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Fuckin muslims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted April 22, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted April 22, 2020 All those dead pigs and no free bacon? This is outrageous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 29 minutes ago, Kivalo said: All those dead pigs and no free bacon? This is outrageous! Beyond outrageous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Anler said: Well thats what I am talking about. Stop breeding hogs until demand rises ffs. Why the fuck would you breed hogs and feed them so you can kill them and let them rot? Also, isnt packaging and freezing an option? I'm gonna guess that breeding has now stopped but what do you do with the pigs who were born before this was on anyone's radar? There's no capacity for more packaging of pigs, that's the issue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, SSFB said: I'm gonna guess that breeding has now stopped but what do you do with the pigs who were born before this was on anyone's radar? There's no capacity for more packaging of pigs, that's the issue. Food depositories could probably use it? Instead of throwing it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 22, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, SSFB said: I'm gonna guess that breeding has now stopped but what do you do with the pigs who were born before this was on anyone's radar? There's no capacity for more packaging of pigs, that's the issue. 5 minutes ago, Anler said: Food depositories could probably use it? Instead of throwing it away. Right...but read Shortsticks last sentence...that be the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 What a mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 take them out of the fucking feed lot and put them out to pasture for the summer. only feed lots are fucked and really those are nightmares any way and I really don't give a fuck if a feed lot suffers . they make money on missery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 34 minutes ago, SSFB said: I'm gonna guess that breeding has now stopped but what do you do with the pigs who were born before this was on anyone's radar? There's no capacity for more packaging of pigs, that's the issue. fucking pigs will eat anything put them in the woods and they will clear all the underbrush in 1 season rent the fuckers out to land owners who want to clean out tvere woods or grass lands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ez ryder said: fucking pigs will eat anything put them in the woods and they will clear all the underbrush in 1 season rent the fuckers out to land owners who want to clean out tvere woods or grass lands Do you have any idea how dumb you sound? How the fuck are you going to claim you can just turn a million hog loose Edited April 22, 2020 by f7ben 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, spin_dry said: What a mess it really is. The ripple effects just starting to be seen on so many fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, f7ben said: Do you have any idea how dumb you sound? How the fuck are you going to claim you can just turn a million hog loose how many farms do you know of that don't have massive barb wire acreage? fuck I have 80 all 4 wire and I don't farm shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ez ryder said: how many farms do you know of that don't have massive barb wire acreage? fuck I have 80 all 4 wire and I don't farm shit Ho...leee.....fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 22, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 million hogs running wild...seems legit....what could go wrong? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: 1 million hogs running wild...seems legit....what could go wrong? Ask Texans the type of damage wild hogs Can cause. It’s mind numbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted April 22, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Ask Texans the type of damage wild hogs Can cause. It’s mind numbing. Oh I know...destructive bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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