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averages from pastries to iced coffee. the worst chlorine shortage the country has seen is set to rock this summer pool season. chlorine prices set to soar 70% this summer and so far some parts of the country have doubled. the chicken wars continue to wage. tyson foods the nation s largest chicken producers says roosters not breeding and winter storms in texas this year have led to a shortage of chicken. that shortage made worse by the lasting effects of the pandemic. if you ve looked for a new used car lately, you ve probably experienced some sticker shock. on average used car prices have risen unparalleled 17% since last year due to a microchip shortage. rental companies facing shortages nationwide. as many people are gearing up for summer travel. the shortage fueled in part by decisions made last year when business plummeted at the start of the pandemic. many castro rental company sold
Large-scale poultry smuggling undermines Paraguay producers
The Paraguayan poultry sector has raised concerns over the large-scale smuggling of chicken meat and eggs from Brazil and Argentina.
Producers have seen an increase in smuggling due to the “relaxation of control measures by the authorities.” As a result, the Paraguayan poultry sector sees their businesses are strongly affected. According to unofficial data, the equivalent of 30% of the entire poultry production in Paraguay is smuggled into the country, representing more than 2 thousand tonnes per month, according to local newspaper
La Nación. Paraguay’s poultry sector slaughters around 300,000 chickens per day and employs more than 25,000 people directly.
essentially, no one will be able to fly over the skies unless russia gives it the okay. that s a major significance. the fact that their plane has been shot down has essentially allowed russia or forced russia to boost it s presence inside syria, effectively in the future, the not too distant future, giving it control of that syrian airspace. that s a major escalation t. consequences for turkey. they have already been quite severe. there will be diplomatic rebukes. the foreign minister called off his trip. vad vladmir called it a stab in the back. economically you would could be difficult. they were told not to travel to turkey. some chicken producers, for instance, have had their products banned from importing into russia as well from turkey. so there are a sort of range of dip willmatic economic and military measures the russians are now imposing as a response to what they call a major violation of humanitarian or
. we ve been talking about the potential food safety problems now that china can export processed chicken to the u.s. under the new rules, the chicken must have been raised and slaughtered in the u.s. or canada in order to be imported back here after processing in china. but the way we raise poultry here, and we are the world s largest producer of chicken for meat, is problematic itself. and the chickens aren t the only ones who suffer in industrial chicken operations. the human workers also suffer. some major chicken producers who have outsourced their jobs to labor contractors, slashing income and benefits in the process, and the work itself is grueling. employees work on assembly lines, processing up to 140 chickens per minute. and the usda has proposed increasing that limit to 175 chickens per minute. tom, i want to bring you back in here, because i think as much as we re kind of tough on china,