During nationwide searches last week, Thailand’s Livestock Development Department found that about 13.4 million kilogrammes of frozen pork were being stored in 539 cold storage facilities amid record-high pork prices, according to Government Deputy Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek this morning (Monday).

 

She said that there are also 10.84 million live pigs, including about 49,000 boars and 979,000 sows being raised by about 107,000 pig farmers across the country in the month of January.

 

Compared to statistics for the same period last year, the number of overall live pigs has dropped by 11.81%. There has been a 41.1% drop in the number of boar breeders and 11.16% reduction in the number of sow breeders. The number of fattening pigs has reduced by 13.9%.

 

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Makes you think what you might be eating. Self-inflicted own fault.

The cheapest meat is deer balls.

You'll always find them under a buck.

one has to wonder how did Taksin knew about it....

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

one has to wonder how did Taksin knew about it....

What is there to wonder? There is something called the internet, and another thing called telephone, that allows you to keep in touch with your friends wherever you are. And some of these friends happen to be more informed than some government employees - or with less brown envelopes.

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

one has to wonder how did Taksin knew about it....

Trust Thaskin, he knows  a hell of a lot more than what he's letting on, just keeping it for when he need it, beside, you don't get to be a billionaire and a PM without access to knowledge...

In a population of 60+ million this pork could run out at not much over a weeks supply? presumably some sort of holding stock is required? 

We are talking kgs here ????

 

The 500 tons in Samut is a different matter

Apparently they expected a long lockdown to keep so much pork in the fridge...the scams never end

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

one has to wonder how did Taksin knew about it....

And The Generals didn't 'know'???

26 minutes ago, 473geo said:

We are talking kgs here

Are you saying that 500 tons is more than 14,770 tons?

9 minutes ago, ClaySmc said:

Are you saying that 500 tons is more than 14,770 tons?

Nope I said it is another matter ????

'Hiding Pork' will be the name of my new album.

10 minutes ago, 473geo said:

Nope I said it is another matter ????

Sorry about that...

Posts trolling about pig/pork genders have been removed. 

3 hours ago, Gold Star said:

The cheapest meat is deer balls.

You'll always find them under a buck.

Followed closely by dog meat.

The cheapest cuts are nearer to a pound though.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

During nationwide searches last week, Thailand’s Livestock Development Department found that about 13.4 million kilogrammes of frozen pork were being stored in 539 cold storage facilities amid record-high pork prices, according to Government Deputy Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek this morning (Monday)

Now if that's no hoarding I don't know what is.

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

one has to wonder how did Taksin knew about it....

He knows how Thais operate.

Why would they publish these findings? They confirm Taksins' claims. How can this be good for the current crowd? I would have put money on such searches not even being carried out, let alone such damning results being published. 

39 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Now if that's no hoarding I don't know what is.

13.4 Million Kgs of Pork in cold storage does seem to be a rather large amount.

Of course there always has to be a " buffer stock " of anything such as this, but this is enough Pork to feed the entire Population for nearly 10 days.

If the number of Pigs due for culling is also considered, they there does not appear to be any natural shortage of Pork IMO, as the reduction is only 14 %, and with 11 Million live Pigs, that will have a culling weight of about 80 Kg maybe, of which 40 Kg will be meat

 

So what.

 

Is that more, or less, or just the right amount?

 

6 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

13.4 Million Kgs of Pork in cold storage does seem to be a rather large amount.

"rather a large amount". 

 

Can you expand on this thought? Why do you think it's "large"?

 

 

 

 

56 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Now if that's no hoarding I don't know what is.

And it is also illegal to hoard with penalties of 7 years imprisonment and/or a fine not more than 140k. We'll see ????.

5 hours ago, Gold Star said:

The cheapest meat is deer balls.

You'll always find them under a buck.

Bat's balls are under a baht.

32 minutes ago, Capella said:

Bat's balls are under a baht.

hahhaha .....  although if you say it quickly it's ok.

3 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

'Hiding Pork' will be the name of my new album.

I though the game was called . Hide the sausage

I told you so.

 

I will just cut and paste my post in another thread from a few days ago:

 

Yes.  Pork is now bouncing off 200 baht a kilo.  How does a workaday bloke with a family get by with a daily wage of 300 baht.

 

Last year chicken was 45 baht a kilo today it was 97.

 

Outrageous price increases of circa 100 percent....but...very importantly, don't believe the lies that it is due to covid.  It is because corruption is out of control here in Thailand and there is no one to pull up the 12 or so families that own everything.  

 

They are hiking the prices based on lies and no one (in any position of authority) is stepping in to call them out.

13.4 million kilos.

 

Considering Thailand consumes over 700 million kilograms of pork a year it won't help much.

 

....But as usual the few who run the pork monopoly oppose any imports of pork.

 

Looks like alligator,rat, and Sinewy chicken for the time being.

Busy boards, it seems .......

Whatever, it is a lot of "oink, oink, oink" and no surprised here, Thais are used to bend and break any law, rules or suggestion for the sake of personal benefit and greed! 

I understand from a friend that many small pork breeders (2 or 3 pigs) are under contract to sell only to specific buyers. However those buyers are refusing to buy and slaughter pigs keeping the price high and the sellers are not allowed to sell elsewhere. It has been going on for some time now the small farmers are going out of business and refuse to raise any more pigs. This price rise has been deliberately manufactured by cartels.

I think the 13.4 million kilos is what is know as a "supply chain" 

Not some giant conspiracy.

9 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

'Hiding Pork' will be the name of my new album.

Hopefully not a photo album.....????