dry conditions have scorched corn and soybean crops, reducing feed available for livestock. With the cost of feeding farm animals skyrocketing, U.S. warehouses are actually filling up with pork as farmers scale down their herds. That means pork aplenty for now, with the nation's supply rising to 580 million pounds at the end of August — 31 percent more than the previous year.
How does that translate into a shortage?
Once the stockpile dwindles, farmers won't have enough animals to send to slaughterhouses and replenish the supply.
Suspending the ethanol mandate would help. Bacon! It's too good to fail.
