Producing the world¡¯s meat has rarely been this expensive.
In southern Calgary, Don Lowe, who¡¯s been a cattle rancher for 40 years, had hoped to expand his herd of 800 beef cows this year, but with feed prices skyrocketing, he¡¯s struggling to hang on to the animals he has on his Canadian farm. Across the ocean in East Yorkshire, England, pig farmer Kate Moore says the upkeep of her 32,000-strong herd is becoming exceedingly hard.
¡°It¡¯s horrendous,¡± said Moore, who is now is chalking up a loss of about ?60 ($75) per animal because of the soaring cost of feeding and taking care of them. ¡°There¡¯s no light at the end of the tunnel at the moment. The British pig industry will never be the same.¡±
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