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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHEY MAGA-HATS - Over here..
It's true you know. Pig production in Northern Ireland has literally trebled in the last 6 months. There are now more pigs than people in the country - all that lovely Pork going to the brand new Chinese market ...
MAGA HAT Farmers are screwed... their markets have already gone and they do not quite realise it yet.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)I saw one the other day that said:
MAGA
Mexicans Always Get Across
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Just like in Russia and China where farms are owned by the government or oligarchs.
The biggest farm in China is owned by a Russian oligarch.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)KT2000
(20,577 posts)It is probably healthier too.
All the slurry is starting to create some environmental concerns
KT2000
(20,577 posts)when I saw on TV the ponds surrounding the hog farms - then when they flood, it is really awful.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and destroy family farms.
Dumbass Trumpsters are online gloating that food will be cheaper thanks to Trump's trade war.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)China has 475 million pigs in China, roughly 60% of the world's total.
The Chinese eat an average of 85 pounds of pork per person per year, compared to 53 pounds per person in the US.
I wonder how much of the pork from their own company here they send back to China?