Pigs can't fly: US high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Mike Lemmon's pigs, each valued between $2,500 and $5,000, were supposed to be on a plane bound for Hangzhou, China, from St. Louis in April, where’d they spend the flight snoring, play fighting and snacking on oats and husked corn before taking up residence at Chinese hog farms.

Instead, many went to a local Indiana slaughterhouse for less than $200 each after the Chinese buyer canceled the order within a week of China implementing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. in April.

China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but dried up since U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with Beijing.

U.S. farmers and exporters said the dispute has already cost them millions of dollars and jeopardized prized trade relationships that took years to develop.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pigs-cant-fly-us-high-100310073.html

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1. OhNoAnyway . . . .

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2. It should be called the law of intended consequences....

Many farmers are finding out that it may not have been such a great idea to support cuts to food aid and stricter trade policies.

These were farmers who KNEW they had lucrative contracts for gov't food programs or international contracts. Woops.

Ghee, I feel really bad.

[Blue Full Moon]

3. Oh well

Several pig farms around the area where I live. They all had Trump signs. They are having the day they voted for.