5,000 pigs killed in Fayette County barn fire

[Fatcycledaddy]

Bob, I am sure this story will make you cry.
https://www.10tv.com/article/5000-pi...unty-barn-fire

[Bob Denman]

That's a real damn shame... I feel sorry for the farmer!

[Fatcycledaddy]

Hope he had good insurance or he could be out of business.

[Chupaca]

I feel for the farmer, I feel for the pigs great loss to both but that had to be an aromatic enticer for the whole county...

[Fatcycledaddy]

County's largest pig roast.

[ARtraveler]

Brings back memories of my Indiana days. Used to ride the Ohio countryside. Many, many pig farms there. You could smell that wonderful "farm smell" from over five miles away. One of the unique things from the Ohio countryside.

[Navydad]

That's to the west of me by about 25 miles. I thought I smelled bacon, but had no clue where it was coming from.

[UtahPete]

I hope this isn't an insurance scam by the farmer. There's a glut in pork bellies I hear.

[ofdave]

wonder if this will effect bacon futures?

[Fatcycledaddy]

wonder if this will effect bacon futures?

Among mammals 41,700,000 cows and calves were killed for food in 2000, as well as 115,200,000 pigs and 4,300,000 sheep, for a total of 161,200,000. These stats are also expected to continue to rise. Thus, the total number of all animals killed for food in 2000 was 9.7 billion.

USDA's official number of animals killed for food


So those 5,000 are 0.004340277777777778% of the number killed for the food in 2000. It might impact local pricing, but should not impact anything more than that.

[Bob Denman]

It's not really about the numbers...
I've seen animals that had to be put down after barn fires.
You cannot feel sorry enough for them; the horror of those deaths is unimaginable!

[Spyder_Cowgirl]

It's not really about the numbers...
I've seen animals that had to be put down after barn fires.
You cannot feel sorry enough for them; the horror of those deaths is unimaginable!

Range fires are equally bad Bob ….. even if the rancher is able to get the animals away from the fire and, seemingly, out of harms way. The ground remains hot for a long time after a serious fire and the mistake too many make is letting them return to burned out pastures too soon. We had a bad fire about five years ago a few miles north of us and several ranchers made this mistake …. you would think a cloven hooves of a cow could withstand a lot. However, cows are actually pretty "tender footed" and once the hoof is burned it will slough off and the animal will never recover. And you are right, it is a sad sight.

All the best …. Ann