Food - lockdowns are going to affect farmers if the lockdown continues

[Slobray]

Federal Red Tape Is Keeping Local Meat Processors From Helping Fix Our Supply Problem

A renewed push to pass the PRIME Act picks up steam as COVID-19 leaves us all asking “Where’s the beef?”

reason.com

Ray

 

[csa_ap_hill]

American Meat Workers Are Starting to Quit With Plants Reopening

America’s meat-processing plants are starting to reopen, but not all workers are showing up. Some still fear they’ll get sick after coronavirus outbreaks shut more than a dozen facilities last month. Employees are taking leave, paid and unpaid -- or just quitting.

www.bloomberg.com

Yeah and although not a very good source from but CNN and I've seen it other places this could be three years or more so... yeah.
Not going to get much better for a while yet.

 

[csa_ap_hill]

And yet more bad news and think it's been said but anyhow here:

‘Murder hornet’ fear overhyped like ‘killer bees,’ bug experts say

Bug experts are dismissing as media hype the recent worry about so-called murder hornets spotted in Washington state.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[308]

I went to the grocery store today and all the shelves were fully stocked, meat shelves and freezers were packed and they even had TP $6.00 for a dozen rolls. Not much of a shortage here other than beef seemed a bit high. Plenty of White Claw 12-packs in the cooler as well. Looks like my Guinea Hens get to live a bit longer...maybe.

 

[csa_ap_hill]

I went to the grocery store today and all the shelves were fully stocked, meat shelves and freezers were packed and they even had TP $6.00 for a dozen rolls. Not much of a shortage here other than beef seemed a bit high. Plenty of White Claw 12-packs in the cooler as well. Looks like my Guinea Hens get to live a bit longer...maybe.

maybe your experience but a while back we went to get some meat and it was sky high. I didn't look today for I just got back form our grocery store but think Chicken breasts are like Sky high... Toilet paper is still mainly gone and if there is any it's sky high. Two stored I went to had no alcohol rubbing alcohol.
A roast I saw not long ago a decent one was like $80.00
and oh ok just re-read what you said you can't kill your hens to sell that it???
sorry then but still that's what I seen lol.

 

[The Heretic]

Free beer! German brewery gives away beverages it can't sell

Unable to deliver to hotels and restaurants closed due to coronavirus restrictions, a German brewery on Thursday gave away some 2,600 litres (690 gallons) of beer.

www.reuters.com

The great potato giveaway: U.S. farmers hand out spuds to avoid food waste

When Tina Yates pulled her truck up to a mall in western Washington state on Thursday, workers waved her past hundreds of cars waiting to pick up free russet potatoes.

www.reuters.com

 

[GWS]

And yet more bad news and think it's been said but anyhow here:

‘Murder hornet’ fear overhyped like ‘killer bees,’ bug experts say

Bug experts are dismissing as media hype the recent worry about so-called murder hornets spotted in Washington state.

www.washingtontimes.com

Maybe not so much

@CountryGent posted this elsewhere

Bug experts dismiss worry about US 'murder hornets' as hype

 

[308]

maybe your experience but a while back we went to get some meat and it was sky high. I didn't look today for I just got back form our grocery store but think Chicken breasts are like Sky high... Toilet paper is still mainly gone and if there is any it's sky high. Two stored I went to had no alcohol rubbing alcohol.
A roast I saw not long ago a decent one was like $80.00
and oh ok just re-read what you said you can't kill your hens to sell that it???
sorry then but still that's what I seen lol.

What I meant about the Guinea Hens is they are so irritating that I was going to butcher them

We are in Idaho and things are going a bit different here than in other places.

 

[The Heretic]

What I meant about the Guinea Hens is they are so irritating that I was going to butcher them

What is so irritating about them??

 

[308]

What is so irritating about them??

They appear to have two modes, fear and hunger. I have treated them and my other chickens with great kindness, but the Guineas act like I'm there to murder them, and they get the rest of the flock all jacked up when it's not necessary. On top of that, they never shut up...squawking all the time.

 

[csa_ap_hill]

yeah in tri-cities they are, or were giving away free taters.
spuds and beer nice combo

 

[Tony617]

 

[The Heretic]

Grocery prices are soaring. Here's what's getting more expensive

Okay, so if you're a loyal reader of CNN Business (and we hope you are!) you might have seen a headline Tuesday that said "Prices are falling at an alarming rate." Or a headline today that said producers' prices fell by a record amount.

www.cnn.com

 

[GWS]

Shortages and high demand = higher prices.
What makes it hurt is seeing thousands of gallons of milk going down the drain or vegetables rotting in the field.

 

[The Heretic]

Farmers dubbed the 'Carbon Cowboys' say business is booming during coronavirus

While much of the farming industry has been decimated by the global coronavirus pandemic, one group spawning America’s heartland claims that its method has actually seen sales soaring.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Member 5605]

Taco Bell Totally Unaffected By Meat Shortage

babylonbee.com

 

[XoXSciFiGuy]

One way you can keep the food coming is by signing up with one of your local organic farms. Those guys sign up customers. You pay a fee. They deliver a box of food to your door, or allow you to pick yours up, on the average of once a week. New sign ups have been booming lately. They are called 'CSA' farms, which stands for Community Supported Agriculture. There are organic, and non-organic versions of these farms, and many are family-owned.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

How can you stock up on produce when most of it is perishable. Time to do some gardening. Any Gardening tips anyone wants to share?

We freeze dry it.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

I just picked up 180# of ham, bacon, chops, etc. from our 300# pig that I bought locally for $180. With processing and curing that comes to about $3/lb. My half of a steer gets picked up next week for about $4/lb, cut and wrapped.

 

[GWS]

Taco Bell Totally Unaffected By Meat Shortage

babylonbee.com

Love the Bee
I'll bet Snopes is fact-checking the hell out of that article.