Life Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs - Page 8

**Donger** · 04-17-2014, 07:18 AM

We previously noted that both beef and pork (courtesy of the affectionately named Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus) prices have been reaching new all time highs on an almost daily basis. It is time to update the chart.

... pork

... and shrimp.

Prices for shrimp have jumped to a 14-year high in recent months, spurred by a disease that’s ravaging the crustacean’s population. At Noodles & Co., a chain with locations across the country, it costs 29 percent more to add the shellfish to pastas this year, and shrimp-heavy dishes at places like the Cheesecake Factory Inc. are going up as well.

Restaurant chains, already struggling with shaky U.S. consumer confidence, are taking a profit hit as prices climb. Even worse, the surge is happening during the season of Lent, when eateries rely on seafood to lure Christian diners who abstain from chicken, beef and pork on certain days.

“It’s coming at a tough time for the industry,” said Andrew Barish, a San Francisco-based analyst at Jefferies LLC. “With the Lenten season, what you’ll see out there is a lot of promotions with seafood, and usually shrimp is a big part of that.”

ghak99 · 04-17-2014, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah, I've read a lot of guys spreading rye behind the combine and letting get like 4 foot tall and rolling it and planting into it, then paraquating it the next day.

Two years ago I had some wheat stubble burn off because the neighbor's combine had a bad bearing. I went back in the fall and DRILLED rye to try and hold the ground. It got 8 inches tall.

**** all you guys. /pout

You mean like this stuff?

Spoiler!

From what I've seen, farming the desert looks like this

and would make me do this

.

**petegz28** · 04-17-2014, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by KC native

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Pete, you know damn good and well that the CPI number includes food and fuel. Core CPI is the calculation that leaves those off.

It's like talking to a brick wall. And you of all people should know better. I never said they don't include food and energy in CPI. I said those are the first 2 things they throw out before doing their analysis of inflation. You ****ing know this too. Stop playing stupid.

Just Passin' By · 04-17-2014, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwana

Yeah if they try that we'll find out if federal agents taste like chicken.

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U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday called supporters of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy “domestic terrorists” because they defended him against a Bureau of Land Management cattle roundup with guns and put their children in harm’s way.

“Those people who hold themselves out to be patriots are not. They’re nothing more than domestic terrorists,” Reid said during an appearance at a Las Vegas Review-Journal “Hashtags & Headlines” event at the Paris. “… I repeat: what went on up there was domestic terrorism.”

http://www.reviewjournal.com/politic...tic-terrorists

There's the good Senator from the state of Nevada.

vailpass · 04-17-2014, 06:08 PM

Time to head to Rocky Point for a few pounds of prawns...

htismaqe · 04-17-2014, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

http://www.reviewjournal.com/politic...tic-terrorists

There's the good Senator from the state of Nevada.

Defending yourself and your family/friends from government tyranny is "domestic terrorism".

**Buehler445** · 04-17-2014, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ghak99

You mean like this stuff?

Spoiler!

From what I've seen, farming the desert looks like this

and would make me do this

.

Spoiler!

Really though, it's been tough the last few years. We REALLY need to get back to at least close to average rainfall.

listopencil · 04-17-2014, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Hopefully it is actually fake, otherwise you're gonna end up with worms...

Can I eat the worms?

listopencil · 04-17-2014, 07:04 PM

Like, are these tequila worms, or...

**J Diddy** · 04-17-2014, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil

Like, are these tequila worms, or...

Just start soaking your sushi in tequila. Winning.

**Ragged Robin** · 04-17-2014, 07:20 PM

welp time to go vegan

Hog's Gone Fishin · 04-17-2014, 07:39 PM

The PED disease has destroyed the swine population over the last 9 months . Luckily I don't have it YET ! When farms contract the disease they lose almost 100% of newly born pigs within 72 hours. It takes 3-4 months before immunity response begins in the sow herd. Worst swine disease EVER!

listopencil · 04-17-2014, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dick Bull

Just start soaking your sushi in tequila. Winning.

Boom. Solved. I like the way you think.

KC native · 04-17-2014, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Defending yourself and your family/friends from government tyranny is "domestic terrorism".

Pointing assault rifles at federal employees doing their job is very much domestic terrorism.

04-17-2014, 07:18 AM
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Hog's Gone Fishin Fish are scared of me Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $1680477	The PED disease has destroyed the swine population over the last 9 months . Luckily I don't have it YET ! When farms contract the disease they lose almost 100% of newly born pigs within 72 hours. It takes 3-4 months before immunity response begins in the sow herd. Worst swine disease EVER!
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