While over in America maybe...

[rogespeed]

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

[icyfroth]

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@rogespeed 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

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

which we should do, rather than live export.

[imastawka]

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-p...

[rogespeed]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@rogespeed 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

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

which we should do, rather than live export.

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

[rogespeed]

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@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-p...

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Just seems a shame to waste so much protein