U.S. BACON RESERVES RUNNING LOW

Reserves of pork belly, the fatty cut of the pig that is typically turned into bacon, was down to 17.8 million pounds in December – the lowest reserve since 1957, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bacon is so popular that pig farmers are scrambling to keep up with demand, according to the Ohio Pork Council. They say that even though pig farmers are setting historic records by producing more pigs than ever, our reserves are depleting. The shortage has also caused pork belly prices to shoot up by 20 percent in January, the pig council said, although they say, “Bacon may become more expensive for consumers, [but] rest assured, [the] pork industry will not run out of supply.”
* Thanks, Trump.
* A bacon shortage? My God, do we have enough for the Super Bowl?
* Don’t even kid around about something like that.
* Isis, the economy … those are problems. Running out of bacon? That would be a tragedy.
* There’s always turkey bacon, but that’s like inviting Superman to a party and having Aquaman show up.
* Okay, it’s time to stop playing around and start catching those six million feral hogs we’ve got roaming around.
* Genetically engineering pigs with three bellies?
* If this keeps up, we might be forced to eat healthy.
* Great. Now that bacon prices are shooting up, we’re the ones getting porked.
* If I was Canada, I’d start getting worried.