We all know prices are crazy. This is what is going on in one industry so you know they are ALL doing the same thing.
Stock up in your freezer if you can afford it . Most meat I think
stays good without freezer burn 6-12 months depending on how it is
wrapped and what kind of meat it is.
You still need to have a back up plan for electrical outages whether
it is from power supply outages due to the bad weather or your area
can't operate due to water shortages.
In the good old days way back machine they kept those chickens on the
hoof out in the yard. You want chicken dinner you go out that morning
knock it's block off and get it ready for the frying pan. If you have
other animals on your place you can keep them on the hoof until ready to
either butcher yourself or wait in the line for months ( and I do mean
6-12 months) at your local butcher man/woman. Not many folks have a
desire to butcher anything. Deer hunters may have a clue but I promise
the wild game is going to be in short supply so don't count on it. Do
you have the knowledge or the equipment to butcher anything? Even a
simple chicken?
I remember my grandparents would butcher a hog in the fall. They
would keep us kids in the house while the men including my daddy would
kill the hog and then hoist it up into the great big oak tree we had a
tree house in. I don't remember much anything else other than it got
done. My hubby and his family would also butcher hogs. He said they
would kill the hog and have a huge pot of boiling water to scaled the
pig then scrape the hair off and go from there. His mom used to put the
hog skin in the oven and let it melt for the lard and some really good
crunchy pig skin to much on. Hubby favorite to this day! I never heard
much about cattle butchering. Maybe that was just to big a animal to
process at home.
So get ready the best you can for your personal food supply. You need
for your immediate folks and any other people close to you and your
folks. Now is the time to help each other in whatever way you can.
Love
Ranchmama
https://www.businessinsider.com/price-of-grilling-meat-giant-tyson-foods-plans-price-hikes-2021-8
Tyson Foods is hiking up its meat prices for retailers thanks to an "unprecedented" rise in costs.
The world's second-largest meat processor raised pork prices by 39% over the past three months.
Further hikes are coming. "Costs are hitting us faster than we can get pricing at this point," its CEO said.
The world's second-largest meat processor says it will keep raising its prices.
In its third quarter, which runs to July 3, Tyson Foods hiked up its
average price for pork by 39%, beef by 12%, and chicken by 16%, it said
Monday.
CEO Donnie King said during an earnings call that the company planned to
raise prices for retailers again next month to cope with higher costs —
he estimated that "unprecedented inflation" reached 14% in the quarter.
"Costs are hitting us faster than we can get pricing at this point," King said.
"We will continue to take price to match the nature of the cost that's coming to us," he added.
Companies including Procter & Gamble, General Mills, and Coca-Cola
have also announced price hikes to offset rising costs, triggering
higher prices at both stores and restaurants.
The labor shortage and supply chain chaos are causing product shortages and price hikes across the US, and meat is no different.
King said that Tyson was forced to raise prices in the quarter because
of rising costs of animal feed, packaging, and freight. The company is
also spending on COVID-19 expenses, and on higher wages during the labor
shortage.
In the third quarter alone, chicken feed ingredients cost $270 million
more than usual, Stewart Glendinning, the company's chief financial
officer, said. The company also spent around $55 million on COVID-19
expenses, he added.
The US is currently in the midst of a huge labor shortage that's
causing businesses to cut operating hours, slash production, and raise
prices.
"Labor is our single biggest issue we face," King said. This stemmed largely from the spread of the Delta variant, he said.Tyson announced last week that it was mandating COVID-19 vaccines for
its entire US workforce by November 1. It said that nearly half of all
staff have been vaccinated so far.
Tyson said in its earnings release that there had been strong global
demand for meat, which allowed it to sustain the higher prices. The
company said that its third-quarter sales were up nearly 25%
year-over-year to $12.5 billion, and its net income increased 43% to
$753 million.
