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Originally Posted by schmedlap
On the pork front ... most of the "small producers" ended up in bankruptcy and liquidation 2-4 years back, simply because the cost of feeding one hog to market was much more than it was worth. The Hutterites and some large producers were able to ride out that cycle due to smaller background costs and/or simple macro-economic ability. It is not regulated as to quotas and prices in any way even similar to dairy. There is no "board" that is ripping off the consumer. It is simple supply and demand economics, and the cycles that go with that. The prices 2 years ago were less than the cost of production, for the average "little guy". Please do a little basic research before you spout off on something you clearly know nothing about (?). It is a good thing for the remaining small producer segment that the prices have rebounded. Our top quality pork is still a huge relative bargain, by world standards.
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Not my figures Go To:
http://www.canadapork.com/en/industr...n-pork-exports
CANADIAN PORK EXPORTS BY PRODUCT 1998-2014 (Cdn $'000)
Year - Fresh/Chilled/Frozen -Total
1998 - 815,426 - 1,118,737
1999 - 997,256 - 1,315,536
2000 - 1,381,459 - 1,801,277
2001 - 1,739,685 - 2,213,237
2002 - 1,714,393 - 2,186,334
2003 - 1,791,505 - 2,340,653
2004 - 2,077,201 - 2,654,461
2005 - 2,312,563 - 2,842,368
2006 - 2,051,982 - 2,535,885
2007 - 1,920,045 - 2,391,024
2008 - 2,182,115 - 2,735,986
2009 - 2,078,318 - 2,602,141
2010 - 2,290,275 - 2,768,483
2011 - 2,628,487 - 3,205,814
2012 - 2,609,318 - 3,199,027
2013 - 2,631,195 - 3,194,242
2014 - 3,105,359 - 3,714,107
Bottom line, my point is correct. There is no shortage of pigs in Canada and with 60% of or our Pork being exported, we the Canadian Consumers are getting ripped of with the hyper inflated cost of pork.
If you do not believe that we are getting ripped off in Canada, go buy pork in the USA, then go to the liquor store and pick up a 1.75 litre bottle of Smirnoff Vodka. $17.00 there and $58.00 here.
We Canadians take it up the, you know, on everything. I rest my case!
