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Open Borders, Ethanol: Double Whammy For State Hog Industry
By Mr Ethanol | January 21, 2008
Grand Island Independent:
Larry Sitzman, executive director of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association, said last week that his organization has contacted Nebraska’s congressional delegation concerning two issues threatening the state’s pork industry.
First, Sitzman said, the circovirus vaccine has allowed the pork industry to market additional animals, at the same time that there is a liquidation of an estimated 8 million hogs from Canadian herds that are coming into the United States, leading to an oversupply of hogs.
He said this, coupled with higher feed costs, is creating a negative financial scenario and is a possible disaster for the industry.
“We can no longer sit and wait to see how high grain prices raise or how many producers leave without standing up and speaking out about the unintended consequences currently present in the unlevel playing field of today’s agriculture states,” Sitzman said.
With corn prices edging up to $5 per bushel and soybeans to $12 per bushel, Sitzman said there is a challenge for 15 billion gallons of ethanol now and 36 billion gallons in the near future will cause grain prices to rise even more rapidly. Read more.
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