Mark F Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) @Mark H. "American pig farmers are losing so much money that some may soon start selling the corn they would normally use to feed animals, according to the world’s largest hog producer. It’s a sign that producers will soon take steps to shrink their herds, with growers losing as much as $80 a head, said Shane Smith, chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods. Demand from top buyer China is waning as the cost to feed animals is surging. A drought in the Midwest has deteriorated crops, with corn at its worst conditions for this time of year since 1992. That’s squeezing profits and making it more appealing for growers to sell the grain, which has risen more than 20% from its May lows. “There’s a concentration of people in the industry who grow their own corn, they grow their corn and they feed it to the animal,” he said in an interview Wednesday at the Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum in Chicago. “They’re going to have to make a decision. Do I sell my corn and just forget about the animal?” US growers usually only start shrinking herds when they face cash flow losses, and that is already happening, Smith said. He declined to comment on whether Smithfield, owned by Hong Kong-listed WH Group, is planning to cut back as well. The US meat market is facing a glut that may take until the end of next year and into 2025 to normalize, he said. That’s all happening just as only 55% of the US corn crop was rated good to excellent, the lowest for this time of year in more than three decades, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture. " Bloomberg "a glut" 😂 not based on retail price. farmers and consumers squeezed. as usual. happenwd with cattle in manitoba a while ago, drought, herds sold off cheap, price to consumer unaffected. system is wonky. Edited June 23, 2023 by Mark F Mark H. and JCon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 'murica https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2023/06/23/tourist-panics-upon-seeing-signs-to-mexican-border-and-kills-her-uber-driver-police-say/ Tracker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 58 minutes ago, Mark F said: @Mark H. "American pig farmers are losing so much money that some may soon start selling the corn they would normally use to feed animals, according to the world’s largest hog producer. Big players in the Canadian Hog industry are shrinking their herds: Olymel, Hylife, etc. I doubt Maple Leaf will be far behind Most producers are assuming they won't turn a profit this year Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/21/1183484892/no-kill-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-is-now-approved-for-sale-in-the-u-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 I agree with James Cameron that the Ocean Gate submersible probably imploded at the time they lost contact with it. I expect lawsuits in the near future even thought the passengers waived liability Goalie and Tracker 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/21/1183484892/no-kill-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-is-now-approved-for-sale-in-the-u-s AKA "frankenmeat" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Calculations have estimated the vessel collapsed inward at a rate of 1500 mph whiich lasted less than a millisecond. Edited June 24, 2023 by Fatty Liver Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 There is a report that US underwater listening posts recorded a noise consistent with an implosion at the same moment communication with the submersible was lost, so they really knew it was lost, but went through the motions anyways as a display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Tracker said: There is a report that US underwater listening posts recorded a noise consistent with an implosion at the same moment communication with the submersible was lost, so they really knew it was lost, but went through the motions anyways as a display. Pretty cruel of them not to come forward with that information earlier, but I guess in reality they couldn't be 100% positive the noise they picked up was from the sub imploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 49 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said: Pretty cruel of them not to come forward with that information earlier, but I guess in reality they couldn't be 100% positive the noise they picked up was from the sub imploding. When you put the two events together, it was pretty much 100% certain. But I guess they had to show the bodies and/or wreckage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 It was obvious what happened the moment they announced it lost contact. I mean if anyone has watched anything about Stockton Rush and OceanGate, yeah was obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/icon-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 https://deadline.com/2023/06/titanic-sub-wreckage-recovered-contains-presumed-human-remains-1235426725/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue4ever Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, iHeart said: https://deadline.com/2023/06/titanic-sub-wreckage-recovered-contains-presumed-human-remains-1235426725/ How badly smushed up are the bodies to only be called “presumed” human remains? What else would it be? Don’t imagine they took pets on board with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeart Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said: How badly smushed up are the bodies to only be called “presumed” human remains? What else would it be? Don’t imagine they took pets on board with them. I thought for sure they would have been scattered if it imploded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 How they became the “Flying Finns”. https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1674093331419365376?s=61&t=_stQ2xKaj3IiEFd7rNK7jg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Tough Love? Florida Cops Reportedly Jailed 3-Year-Old Over Potty Training Problems Two Florida police officers are under investigation after one of the cops admitted to putting their 3-year-old son in jail over potty training issues last year, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Daytona Beach Shores Lt. Michael Schoenbrod told a Department of Children and Families caseworker that his son was “having difficulty” with toilet training and was jailed “on successive days” in October. “He was crying. I was getting the response I expected from him,” said Schoenbrod, as captured on body camera footage by a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The officer’s son was reportedly handcuffed the second time he was jailed. Schoenbrod said he’d also put his other child in jail. He told the caseworker that he did something similar with his then-4-year-old son after he hit a girl and was “misbehaving” at preschool, the News-Journal reported. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-police-officer-son-jail-report_n_649d4003e4b0dcb22c4334c1 Fatty Liver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 ESPN took the axe to a lot of on air talent today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TrueBlue4ever Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: Man, Vegas just does everything that much cooler than anywhere else. Can’t wait until Christmas when they turn it into a big snow globe. Apparently the entire inside is also a video screen and speaker system. U2 is in residence there from September - December (minus Larry Mullen Jr) for 25 concerts re-playing their Achtung Baby album. Ticket prices are obscene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/leslie-van-houten-follower-of-cult-leader-18195435.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Robosen and Hasbro are announcing the Transformers Grimlock Auto-Converting Robot, a successor to their Optimus Prime toy that can transform itself. It’ll start at $1,500 this fall, but that’s a promo price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 2023-07-07 at 2:38 PM, TrueBlue4ever said: Man, Vegas just does everything that much cooler than anywhere else. Can’t wait until Christmas when they turn it into a big snow globe. Apparently the entire inside is also a video screen and speaker system. U2 is in residence there from September - December (minus Larry Mullen Jr) for 25 concerts re-playing their Achtung Baby album. Ticket prices are obscene. Rumors are wwe is looking to book a show there. Imagine that. Wrestling fan or not, would be Hella cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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