« on: May 19, 2015, 03:01:18 PM »
I heard about this this morning as I was coming in to work. Yeah, it's almost 4 months old, but I think it's holding true now.
Bacon Prices Are Falling
The Huffington Post | By Alexander C. Kaufman
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Posted: 01/27/2015 12:27 pm EST Updated: 01/27/2015 12:59 pm EST
Bringing home the bacon is getting a little easier.
Prices of pork products are falling as herds bounce back from a diarrhea-inducing virus epidemic that has killed millions of piglets over the last year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Hog futures -- contracts that obligate the buyer to purchase pigs at a certain price in the next month -- peaked last March at $1.1167 a pound. Now, next month’s futures are priced at about 69 cents per pound, according to the trade group Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
“Pork prices are getting cheaper,†Terry Roggensack, who co-founded the commodities research firm the Hightower Report, told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. “It’s a positive.â€
The rest of that article is here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/pork-prices-falling_n_6555726.htmlAnd another article, also from the end of January:
http://www.kwwl.com/story/27959503/2015/01/28/bacon-prices-are-fallingLet's ask this trusty chocolate lab for his view . . .
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Chase her.
Chase her even when she's yours.
That's the only way you'll be assured to never lose her.
