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U.S. Cattle Herd Is At A 61 Year Low And Organic Food Shortages Are Being Reported All Over America
zero hedge ^ | 1/23/14 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 01/23/2014 11:22:27 PM PST by Nachum

Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,

If the extreme drought in the western half of the country keeps going, the food supply problems that we are experiencing right now are only going to be the tip of the iceberg. As you will see below, the size of the U.S. cattle herd has dropped to a 61 year low, and organic food shortages are being reported all over the nation. Surprisingly cold weather and increasing demand for organic food have both been a factor, but the biggest threat to the U.S. food supply is the extraordinary drought which has had a relentless grip on the western half of the country. If you check out the U.S. Drought Monitor, you can see that drought conditions currently stretch from California all the way to the heart of Texas. In fact, the worst drought in the history of the state of California is happening right now. And considering the fact that the rest of the nation is extremely dependent on produce grown in California and cattle raised in the western half of the U.S., this should be of great concern to all of us.

A local Fox News report that was featured on the Drudge Report entitled "Organic food shortage hits US" has gotten quite a bit of attention. The following is an excerpt from that article...

Since Christmas, cucumbers supplies from Florida have almost ground to a halt and the Mexican supply is coming but it's just not ready yet.

And as the basic theory of economics goes, less supply drives up prices.

Take organic berries for example:

There was a strawberry shortage a couple weeks back and prices spiked.

Experts say the primary reasons for the shortages are weather and demand.

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cattle; food; organic; shortages
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To: Elsie
A lot better than human fetuses.
And they love eating chickens, small dogs, and cats. "S.S.&S."
41 posted on 01/24/2014 12:00:55 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: griswold3
Freezing leaves usable meat, if you get to it quickly.
But on average, they don't.
42 posted on 01/24/2014 12:03:28 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: sakic
Aside from being too expensive, what is wrong with organic food? I eat some of it.

You really don't know?

It is a scientific (and medical) FACT that people who eat organic food will die some of the most horrible deaths that mankind can think up!

It may be compounded by the fact that folks will also drink slighty adulterated Dihydrogen Monoxide with meals.


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43 posted on 01/24/2014 12:43:43 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ccmay; goat granny
Don't be a sheep.


Darned good advice!



44 posted on 01/24/2014 12:49:09 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: FAA
It has been dry for several years west of the Mississip’ but that said our herd is back to near normal levels after many years.

Al Roker was all atwitter over the lack of snow cover out west this morning on the Today® Show.

45 posted on 01/24/2014 12:50:21 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: griswold3

Were NONE of the carcases salvageable?


46 posted on 01/24/2014 12:51:26 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: sakic

We will not all die from an overdose of good health.


47 posted on 01/24/2014 12:52:59 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Utah Binger

Oh NO!!!

What did the DEER die of?


48 posted on 01/24/2014 12:54:35 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: nmrancher

If you were an NJrancher instead of an nm one; you could walk a few of those beef creatures over to the Governor’s house (avoiding any bridges of course); have a good ol’ fashioned cookout and perhaps change some minds.


49 posted on 01/24/2014 12:58:24 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Yosemitest
And that old $4,000 to $15,000 tractor, now cost $30,000 to $60,000 to replace.

Tell me about it!

50 posted on 01/24/2014 12:59:30 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

LOL


51 posted on 01/24/2014 1:05:21 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Elsie

love goats, they do have a mind of their own...


52 posted on 01/24/2014 1:11:22 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Elsie
We're still running an MF-50 and an MF-165 High Crop out of the late 50s to early 70s, both diesel.

53 posted on 01/24/2014 1:11:38 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Elsie
I think he was hit by a car and the night critters (Mountain Lion) dragged him up for safe eating when the eagle decided he too wanted a bit of the feast.

He would have been about in the middle of this plot just below the memorial.

54 posted on 01/24/2014 1:12:09 PM PST by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: Utah Binger
Reminds me of :
55 posted on 01/24/2014 1:47:24 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: JoeProBono

What the deuce is that?

Seriously ... maybe a better question: Is the artist (term used loosely), by any chance, from Colorado?


56 posted on 01/24/2014 1:52:29 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: Elsie
Word of advice to those three critters in last image:

DO NOT, as you value your life, go ANYWHERE NEAR 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

57 posted on 01/24/2014 1:54:16 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: Yosemitest; Elsie

Yes, they get one or two muleys almost every night along here. It was strange in an interesting way to have an eagle hanging around here for several days. Normally they are away from the highway. In that previous plot there is a spring about in the middle of that north twenty where a very large buck hangs with 15-20 of his group.

The virgin river is about 100 yards east and they all come down at night to water, cross the highway “deer in the headlights” and BAM. In 15 years I have only hit two.


58 posted on 01/24/2014 2:02:43 PM PST by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: Utah Binger
After a certain age, you learn which roads are more prone to deer crossings, where they usually cross and what time they cross.
But slowing down your vehicle cruising speed on those known roads is the best advice.
Most military members soon learn that on rural roads, especially at sunset or just after, and then again between 4 am and sunrise, to be on the lookout for those swift and stealthy critters.
59 posted on 01/24/2014 4:27:22 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

There’s no way USDA would allow that meat in the market.


60 posted on 01/24/2014 4:59:41 PM PST by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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