Drought causes worldwide shortage of bacon

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Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 09:09

View the story "Droughts Cause Worldwide Bacon Shortage" on StorifyDroughts Cause Worldwide Bacon ShortageSevere droughts in North America and Russia cause crop shortages that will result in an expected 10 percent drop in the number of slaughtered pigs.Storified by · Wed, Sep 26 2012 06:37:02Severe droughts in North America and Russia cause crop shortages that will result in an expected 10 percent drop in the number of slaughtered pigs.

According to the National Pig Association (NPA), this ten percent drop will cause the price of pork products to double and will ultimately result in a worldwide shortage of pork and bacon. Bacon lovers across the globe have responded in a near panic as the news broke that their beloved food might become scarce.SON. Forget all the other platforms, I want to know what Mitt Romney & Obama plan to do about THE GLOBAL BACON SHORTAGEMarty McFlyNoooooo! There might be a shortage of bacon come next year!!!! The Mayans were right the world is coming to an end!NounouHowever, the National Pork Producers Council assured the U.S. that there is no need to panic just yet because the U.S. hog farmers have not had to reduce their herds as drastically as the farmers in Europe.

In fact, farmers in the U.S. are only expected to have to pare their herds by no more than three percent in the next six to eight months.Steve Meyer, the president of Paragon Economics and a consultant to pork industry, went on to say that there is not even a comparison between U.S. and U.K bacon because they are a completely different product. The U.K.'s bacon is more like loin than what Americans are accustomed to. “A global reduction in supply is almost unavoidable but I don’t think we’re going to have lines for bacon the U.S.!” Meyer said.

GeekologieInstead of the bacon shortage, Meyers suggested that consumers turn their attention to the fact that while bacon will be attainable, the cost will be high and will just keep rising. So for America, chances are that there will be bacon in the future, but it will be pricy. Bacon fans across the internet suggest that the best tactic to use in this time of "national crisis" is to stockpile. I just read the price of pork and Bacon are going to skyrocket because of a world pig shortage caused by droughts in the US and Russia. I might stock-up!Elizabeth DoughertyRT @gangstamittens: i need a deep freezer to stockpile bacon...D.A....S.
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Seneca Brown

Mon Oct 1 2012 17:29

So we have a choice. Bacon or coal-fired power plants.

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