US drought set to push worldwide price of meat up

[Evvie]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/19/m ... ces-up-14/

Farmers across the world have begun a mass slaughter of their pig and cattle herds because they cannot afford the cost of feed, which has soared following the worst US drought in living memory, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Experts at investment bank Rabobank warn that the mass “herd liquidation” will contribute to a 14% jump in the price of the average basket of food by next summer.

Rabobank said the slaughter of millions of pigs has already led to a 31% increase in the price of pork and the costs of other meats are also expected to soar as “US livestock herds are likely to be liquidated at an accelerating pace in the first half of 2013″.

Higgins said he did not expect a repeat of the 2007-8 food riots in developing countries across the world because most meat is consumed in the west.

“People are less likely to be irate over meat prices when they can switch back to staples – an option not available in 07/08 due to severe shortages of wheat and rice,” he said. “The risk [of riots and social unrest] is still there but it is not as high as 07-08. The prices will hurt here [in the west] more.”

But he said western consumers are unlikely to significantly change their diets or become vegetarian in response to price rises.

 

[SoTxBob]

But he said western consumers are unlikely to significantly change their diets or become vegetarian in response to price rises.

:lol: LOL.. right.. Sorry, but I can't picture many, if any, of these fat self serving gravy hounds doing any such thing in the South....

 

[Shaun__]

Meat is a luxury, and is also incredibly bad for the environment. One day it will disappear from the common person's table, and be replaced with a factory grown protein substitute. I recommend getting a double helping of bacon with your breakfast in the morning, so you have an interesting story to tell your great-grandchildren in the distant future.

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[Jupiter551]

Some of you American minxes have already 'pushed my meat up'

 

[schlmoe]

I'm pretty sure the herd slaughter has already started, at least in the states. Last week, my hometown grocery store ran a special on boneless pork loins for $1.79/lb (think boneless pork chops). I had my sister get 3 of them to put in my deep freeze. That's several months of good quality meat, and compared to ground beef at close to $4.00/lb...no contest.

Back to the topic: yes, there may be some short term price spikes, but the cattle and swine herds can feed on the silage from the failed corn/soybean crops. But what about "free-range/pasture grazed" herds? This shouldn't affect those prices at all. Yeah, right!

 

[Kradek]

But he said western consumers are unlikely to significantly change their diets or become vegetarian in response to price rises.

:lol: LOL.. right.. Sorry, but I can't picture many, if any, of these fat self serving gravy hounds doing any such thing in the South....

This sentence...I do not think it means what you think it means.

 

[Anonymous]

Some of you American minxes have already 'pushed my meat up'

I won't lie...I came in here looking for some dirty jokes.

Jupiter never disappoints. :lol:

 

[Jolene]

Leave it to the US to still push meat up things even in a drought :lol:

 

[Rose]

But he said western consumers are unlikely to significantly change their diets or become vegetarian in response to price rises.

:lol: LOL.. right.. Sorry, but I can't picture many, if any, of these fat self serving gravy hounds doing any such thing in the South....

So being from the South makes me fat and self serving?


As long as there is still meat at the grocery store, even higher priced, I'll still be paying for it. I get low iron and once I get a craving for steak, you'd better be willing to cut your own gonads off if you're willing to get between me and my food. Just sayin.... :handgestures-salute: :lol:

 

[SoTxBob]

But he said western consumers are unlikely to significantly change their diets or become vegetarian in response to price rises.

:lol: LOL.. right.. Sorry, but I can't picture many, if any, of these fat self serving gravy hounds doing any such thing in the South....

So being from the South makes me fat and self serving?
As long as there is still meat at the grocery store, even higher priced, I'll still be paying for it. I get low iron and once I get a craving for steak, you'd better be willing to cut your own gonads off if you're willing to get between me and my food. Just sayin.... :handgestures-salute: :lol:

Pfffff.. no not you silly girl.... .... Not anyone specific here... I'm from the South too. This was agreeing with the article statement of ....' unlikely to significantly change their diets'.... and directed primarily toward the, for lack of better description, 'excessively wide' folks that I see here each and every day cramming anything and everything into the pie holes as long as its of no nutritional value and hi in fat content. Eating healthy? What a concept....

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

Imagine that, America will have to go back to the pre-factory farm days, where you bought local meat from local farms where the meat was more or less free ranged and not fed much grain, and a piece of meat was a 2x a week event you looked forward too.

Unless you raise your own, or bought a side of beef or pork and froze it.

The weather is a blow to the economy and the farmers but, anything that cripples the US corporate run factory farms it great.

Those poor ruined factory farmers will have to learn to free range small herds and make the same amount of money off of fewer and higher quality more expensive cattle/hogs/chickens.

It used to work fine that way, until for some reason we started eating 3-5x the food we used to a day.

Time to grow a garden and build a chicken coup... those store bought eggs are for rich folks.
:lol:

Deer and turkeys walk across my yard every day, and sometimes I get a visit from a flock of geese too.
Om nom nom....

Close those obscene factory farms, the sooner the better. Your chicken mcnuggets might cost you a pile of cash after they do but, they'll be made of real chicken... happy healthy chicken!
:lol:

When you pay a lot of money for feed, you tend to take much better care of the critter eating it.

 

[Rose]

Meals with the main course being meat are actually a fairly rare occurrence in my house, about once or twice a week like Paulie posted, and they usually only happen when I'm being a ragey hormonal mess. Otherwise we usually do small stuff like sandwhiches, pasta meals or whatever fairly nutritious items we can throw together. Aww, living like hungry college kids. We can make several meals off a few bucks and meals for a week on just left overs. I'm sure if we ate healthier or planned out 'real' meals then we'd feel the effects of this shortage harder when it hits. I highly doubt we'll change though so I can't imagine us really feeling it at all. *shrug*

 

[LadyLuna]

Actually, eating "healthy" is different for every person, but most people agree that fish meat is the best sort of meat for humans, with bird meat coming in second followed by wild land-animals, with corporate raised meat being the absolute worst for you.

I eat too much meat these days. Hopefully that will change, and I'll learn how to make good food.

 

[Jupiter551]

I don't really understand why this would push the worldwide meat price up, unless they're talking about other countries exporting their stock to the US and leaving a shortfall at home? A lot of countries already use Australian beef and sheep as far as I know.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

I don't really understand why this would push the worldwide meat price up, unless they're talking about other countries exporting their stock to the US and leaving a shortfall at home? A lot of countries already use Australian beef and sheep as far as I know.

It is the law of supply and demand and world wide commodity prices. Low supply and the world wide prices go up, good for the producers who have plenty of stock. It's also grain prices, some 80 % of SA wheat is exported and due to Northern Hemisphere drought conditions the prices our farmers will get this year is higher than normal.

 

[Jupiter551]

I don't really understand why this would push the worldwide meat price up, unless they're talking about other countries exporting their stock to the US and leaving a shortfall at home? A lot of countries already use Australian beef and sheep as far as I know.

It is the law of supply and demand and world wide commodity prices. Low supply and the world wide prices go up, good for the producers who have plenty of stock. It's also grain prices, some 80 % of SA wheat is exported and due to Northern Hemisphere drought conditions the prices our farmers will get this year is higher than normal.

yeah but like...have you noticed the price of tomatoes recently? they're like $10 a kilo cos something happened to the Aussie tomato crop. I don't imagine that's affecting other places though. And when bananas were like $12/kg after some cyclone in NQ.

 

[Shaun__]

yeah but like...have you noticed the price of tomatoes recently? they're like $10 a kilo cos something happened to the Aussie tomato crop. I don't imagine that's affecting other places though. And when bananas were like $12/kg after some cyclone in NQ.

We actually have rules about how cheap Mexico can sell us tomatoes to avoid driving all of the American producers out of business.

 

[Jupiter551]

yeah but like...have you noticed the price of tomatoes recently? they're like $10 a kilo cos something happened to the Aussie tomato crop. I don't imagine that's affecting other places though. And when bananas were like $12/kg after some cyclone in NQ.

We actually have rules about how cheap Mexico can sell us tomatoes to avoid driving all of the American producers out of business.

same I think

 

[LuckySmiles]

Hey peoples I'm still new in these parts... anywho is it weird that I can't wait to move from NYC to the midwest this month so i can start my mini "prepper" closet?
Probably I'm a internet freak through and through and spend wayyy to much time on youtube...
But in all seriousness, I think grocery prices are going to way up across the board next year meat, grain, produce, everything due to this years droughts.

I don't think the worlds ending or anything but I wouldn't be blown away if sometime next year we're shakin the titties for potatoes over here...

It wouldn't be the dumbest thing in the world to stock up on some cheap food stuff when you can...

When I move I can't wait to try places like wal-mart and use double coupons! lol this is my stereotype and Im excitied for it don't judge me...(yeah there's wal-marts in NY but their so packed Id rather pay full price everything, or go to the hood for some REAL cheap deals... :lol: )

 

[Anonymous]

When I move I can't wait to try places like wal-mart and use double coupons!

I love Walmart in general (for clothes, music, etc.), and one of these days I should visit one of the 24-hour Walmart Supercenters to check out their food selection. Late-night shopping spree!

I wonder if they carry Esskay chitterlings (aka 'chitlins'). :lol: :drool:

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

I grow my own tomatoes and then eat them until I'm sick of tomatoes, then I can up the rest as sauce.

That solves the tomato problem.