Better stock up


 

David Cleveland

New member
From today's Des Moines Register.

"There appears to be adequate supplies of hams in cold storage as the big Easter demand approaches, but pork bellies, from which bacon is made, are below last year’s levels in the nation’s cold storage facilities.

The monthly U.S. Cold Storage report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows 118.6 million pounds of hams in storage, up 39 percent from a year ago. But bellies, whose supplies ran short last year and caused jumps in the price of bacon stood at 51.2 million pounds in February, down 8 percent from a year ago.

Ominously for bacon lovers, the latest USDA wholesale price report shows pork belly prices up 51 percent from a year ago, to $1.35 a pound. Predictions have arisen that bellies may reach $2 a pound by summer."
 
While I do love my homemade bacon... I don't think a slight price increase should make any of us jump. If anything hopefully this is good news for hog farmers. I know things have been rough in recent years.

Heck if I could find belly for anywhere NEAR $2/lb it would be a miracle.
 

 

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