Here it comes again!

[KaGee]

So Ethanol is the utopia.....

The price of meat is set to rise in America as the nation’s helter-skelter dash to convert corn into road fuel begins to take its toll on the supply of food.

The US Department of Agriculture has said that meat supply will fall this year because of the high cost of feed. Output of beef, pork and chicken is expected to decline by one billion pounds as farmers react to the soaring cost of feeding their livestock.

Typically, meat production in the United States rises by about 2 per cent a year, but the pressure from American ethanol producers manufacturing road fuel from corn has sent the price of maize soaring to $4 a bushel.

The USDA is predicting that the 2006 corn crop will sell for an average of $3.10 a bushel at the farm gate, the highest for a decade. Faced with extortionate feed costs, cattle and poultry farmers are rearing fewer animals and slaughtering them early. That means a sudden reversal in the annual meat production gain, representing a fall of 1.7lb per person.

Rest of the story HERE

 

[gspig]

Re: Here it comes again!

I thought we were a nation of overweight people. Maybe higher food prices are a good thing.(like higher gas prices reduce consumption)

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Here it comes again!

Bad enough that ribeye steak is almost $10.00 a lb already.

 

[rolmops]

Re: Here it comes again!

I think that is a bit alarmist.
Like anything else,meat is imported from abroad in large quantities.Lots of meat comes from Argentina,where it is range beef and not feedlot beef.their prices will not go up.
Both Burger king and their Scottish competitor use Argentinian beef.
Now we may hear the farmers complain about the price of grain,just remember that there will be other farmers who will dance a jig because of grain prices.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Here it comes again!

That's what you all get when you let Algore, PW, Blu Lunch, et al, snow you. They will disrupt your life, squeeze every last dollar out of you, limit how you get about and end up forcing you to vote for them, 'cause they will rescue you!

A head long rush to use a fuel whose production pollutes as much as oil, costs more, competes with the food you eat, all for a false assumption that YOU are responsible for global warming.

YOU wanted something to believe in, YOU wanted something to worship, now you're getting it. Bow down and pay the Piper!