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BRB buying bacon in bulk.[h1]Global Bacon Shortage 'Unavoidable' Next Year, Says U.K.'s National Pig Association[/h1]
The Huffington Post | By Rachel Tepper Posted: 09/2*****12 11:50 am EDT Updated: 09/2*****12 12:38 pm EDT
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With pork costs rising, Great Britain is facing a bacon and sausage shortage as pig farmers cut back on herd size. But the problem may soon become global.
In a recent press release, the U.K.'s National Pig Association is warning that a "world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable":
Financial Times reports that this past season's droughts in North America and Russia are to blame for the spike in prices for grain crops, which are used to feed animals.
As of August, nearly half of all counties in the U.S. were considered disaster areas due to extreme dryness and heat.
Some U.S. farmers have taken to extreme measures to feed their livestock and save money at the same time, including one Kentucky farmer who fed his cattle candy "just to survive."
