Life Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs - Page 5

**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.”

**Donger** · 04-17-2014, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Hokey pieces like this satisfied your curiosity?

As long as the reason behind the increase mentioned in the OP is accurate (as it appears to be), yes, perfectly satiated.

**Buehler445** · 04-17-2014, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Well, like I wrote, I went looking after seeing the price of shrimp had gone up dramatically and wanted to see why.

Sorry if you are offended.

Perhaps this will help with your analysis of shrimp fundamentals.

http://www.globefish.org/shrimpaprilmarkettrends.html

Just Passin' By · 04-17-2014, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Maybe because human beings shouldn't really be eating pork, beef, and shrimp in every region of the country every ****ing day.

Somewhere along the lines in human evolution the "fatted calf" became a daily habit.

Study: Vegetarians Less Healthy, Lower Quality Of Life Than Meat-Eaters

Now shut up, get off of your ****ing high horse, and go eat a steak.

**Buehler445** · 04-17-2014, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by oldandslow

Find a dairy, buy the bull calves (they usually don't want them), castrate them and then bottle feed. You can get in relatively cheaply that way, but it's a lot of work.

Eh, all the feedlots around here have the dairy cows.

Frosty · 04-17-2014, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

I suppose granola and bean sprouts are what you think we "should" be eating everyday?

Potatoes.

Trust me. I have no ulterior motives in this recommendation.

ghak99 · 04-17-2014, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I thought about buying some cows and try to get in on this feeder price, but CHRIST. If you don't have them, there is no way to get in profitably.

In other news I talked to a cow calf guy, and asked him if he was retaining heifers. His response? "Every one of them." Dude has big steel balls. I'd have probably let them go. Run one more year with the old bitches and try to retain some when price goes back down some.

I guess that's why I'm not a cowboy.

I'm dumping everything but the best of the best as I got lucky and the cows were young and healthy coming into this deal.

You don't get to see these cycles very often, I'm cashing in while it's here. I plan to live long enough to buy low again and won't mind rolling the extra hay and hitting that market either.

KC native · 04-17-2014, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Noted.

They occasionally have good posts but it's mostly garbage these days.

ghak99 · 04-17-2014, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by oldandslow

Find a dairy, buy the bull calves (they usually don't want them), castrate them and then bottle feed. You can get in relatively cheaply that way, but it's a lot of work.

Screw the bottles.

Buy their young cull cows too and put cycles of four calves on each one throughout the summer and dump everything come winter. The tax man looks at you like you've lost your mind.

**Buehler445** · 04-17-2014, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ghak99

I'm dumping everything but the best of the best as I got lucky and the cows were young and healthy coming into this deal.

You don't get to see these cycles very often, I'm cashing in while it's here. I plan to live long enough to buy low again and won't mind rolling the extra hay and hitting that market either.

What's the hay market doing? You're in Western MO right?

ghak99 · 04-17-2014, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

What's the hay market doing? You're in Western MO right?

Northern. Nearly every hill you can get a tractor over has been ripped up the past few years so the local market is strong and the hay lot auctions in Southern Iowa aren't showing signs of letting up. Some of the smarter guys have gone to getting a haylage crop off before beans so they can haul the majority of their dry hay north to the feedlots.

listopencil · 04-17-2014, 10:45 AM

Oddly enough I have been mostly cooking with chicken, fish and ground turkey for over a year.

**hometeam** · 04-17-2014, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ZootedGranny

We eat so many shrimp, I got iodine poisoning

Its I-dine poynin. Get it right.

htismaqe · 04-17-2014, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

I suppose granola and bean sprouts are what you think we "should" be eating everyday?

We're supposed to be eating much, much more fish, strictly biologically speaking.

htismaqe · 04-17-2014, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Study: Vegetarians Less Healthy, Lower Quality Of Life Than Meat-Eaters

Now shut up, get off of your ****ing high horse, and go eat a steak.

It's true. Vegetarians are, by and large, miserable, bitter people...

**Donger** · 04-17-2014, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

We're supposed to be eating much, much more fish, strictly biologically speaking.

Works for me. I love fish and seafood. Except for raw oysters and scallops.

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