[–] 23460058? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Right from the mouth of my Amish neighbor today. Chicken farmers are gassing their flocks because there is no place to process them. Dairy farmers are dumping half of their milk down drains. Dairy farmers already have a narrow margin so this will put many out of business.
[–] 23460165? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I work in the produce industry in California.
In our local county we supply a large amount of lettuce, romaine, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, salad mixes ECT.
I'm not seeing any of the things mentioned above at all.
The food service customers have dropped their sales by 70% 3 weeks ago, but this week they were down 40%
Significantly off, but the sales are improving steadily in these sector of our business. Food service = schools, restaurants, hospitals, prisons, sporting events ECT.
The retail side of our business has made up for the losses we have seen in food service. Costco, Publix, Target, Kroger ECT.
We are a large grower here, and there are 6 to 7 others like us here.
[–] 23458446? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I keep reading articles about how dairy farmers are supposedly tossing milk because they have such a surplus, yet locally our dairy farmers have had to increase production to meet demand...