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While over in America maybe...

rogevibe — Fri, 01 May 2020 06:32:05 GMT

While our officials have been over in America purchasing surplus give-away oil - consideration may be given to a bulk purchase of pigs that had became unmarketable or unsupplyable

Surely we could have arranged local slaughter , transport of carcases via shipping , and from there in Australia further processing , for exclusive export for the emerging Chinese survivors now lusting for their beloved pork , in chronic short supply due to swine flu ( or swine covid ?)

https://www.newsmax.com/us/Farmers-Pigs-coronavirus-covid19/2020/04/24/id/964612/

People are restricted in travel but not trade , and those obsolutely required can be lab tested as certified covid free

Re: While over in America maybe...

icyfroth — Fri, 01 May 2020 06:39:46 GMT

@rogevibe wrote:
While our officials have been over in America purchasing surplus give-away oil - consideration may be given to a bulk purchase of pigs that had became unmarketable or unsupplyable
Surely we could have arranged local slaughter , transport of carcases via shipping , and from there in Australia further processing , for exclusive export for the emerging Chinese survivors now lusting for their beloved pork , in chronic short supply due to swine flu ( or swine covid ?)

https://www.newsmax.com/us/Farmers-Pigs-coronavirus-covid19/2020/04/24/id/964612/

People are restricted in travel but not trade , and those obsolutely required can be lab tested as certified covid free

nah...easier to slaughter first then export frozen.

which we should do, rather than live export.

Re: While over in America maybe...

imastawka — Fri, 01 May 2020 08:01:08 GMT

They're slaughtering and then dumping them in landfill.

The mass culling of America’s hog herd is starting as a wave of shutdowns at processing plants creates livestock gluts that farmers can no longer sustain.

Starting Wednesday, about 13,000 pigs a day will be killed at a JBS SA slaughterhouse in Minnesota, according to U.S. Representative Collin Peterson. Rather than cuts being turned into hams and bacon for stay-at-home shoppers, the carcasses may be dumped in landfills or go to rendering plants.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/closed-jbs-plant-will-be-used-to-euthanize-hogs-peterson-says

Re: While over in America maybe...

rogevibe — Fri, 01 May 2020 12:11:11 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@rogevibe wrote:
While our officials have been over in America purchasing surplus give-away oil - consideration may be given to a bulk purchase of pigs that had became unmarketable or unsupplyable
Surely we could have arranged local slaughter , transport of carcases via shipping , and from there in Australia further processing , for exclusive export for the emerging Chinese survivors now lusting for their beloved pork , in chronic short supply due to swine flu ( or swine covid ?)

https://www.newsmax.com/us/Farmers-Pigs-coronavirus-covid19/2020/04/24/id/964612/

People are restricted in travel but not trade , and those obsolutely required can be lab tested as certified covid free
nah...easier to slaughter first then export frozen.

which we should do, rather than live export.

"local" in context meant at the source (USA) - they just killed and dumped 10's of thousands of prime trotters

Re: While over in America maybe...

rogevibe — Fri, 01 May 2020 12:20:36 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
They're slaughtering and then dumping them in landfill.

The mass culling of America’s hog herd is starting as a wave of shutdowns at processing plants creates livestock gluts that farmers can no longer sustain.

Starting Wednesday, about 13,000 pigs a day will be killed at a JBS SA slaughterhouse in Minnesota, according to U.S. Representative Collin Peterson. Rather than cuts being turned into hams and bacon for stay-at-home shoppers, the carcasses may be dumped in landfills or go to rendering plants.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-28/closed-jbs-plant-will-be-used-to-euthanize-hogs-peterson-says

Just seems a shame to waste so much protein