Canada on the other hand, has 14 million pigs to a population of 38 million people, while Iowa itself the biggest pig producer state in the US has 24 million pigs to a human population of only 3 million. 8 times pigs to people in that farming state.
Goa sausages sell for 12 to 15 dollars a pound in Toronto. Sorpotel even more. Eric (if he knows a Smithfield employee) and I, should do some pork-running on the lines of rum-running of prohibition days, or gun-running of today. At the very least we would bring down the price of Sorpotel in Toronto. Smithfields is the US’s largest pork processor with 55,000 employees but has been bought out by China which is the world’s largest pork producer. The next time the US threatens China, it will gets its pork cut off! For those wondering, a pig weighing more than 120 pounds becomes a hog. Roland. Eric wrote: Annual US output is 110 million hogs, with 28 million tons of meat sold every month. Tyson slaughters 8000 hogs an hour in a typical plant. They are in the process of switching to carbon dioxide gas from electric prongs, to knock them unconscious. Employees pay ten cents a pound : a lot of sorpotel !
