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    Strange Trend of Food Processing Plant Fires Appears Across the US

    There has been an outbreak of fires in food processing facilities across the nation in the last six months as food prices soar and supply chains are stressed to their limits.

    The fires began showing up regularly in the news after a fire closed a Tyson Foods meat processing plant in Kansas. The location was a primary beef processing location for the company and the U.S. supply chain, providing about 6% of U.S. beef.

    After the fire, analysts began speculating that the impact could drive up market prices for meat nationwide. Dan Norcini, part of the beef and poultry trading markets, said the cattle market would likely "respond negatively" to news of the fire. He said the long-term impact would depend on how long the plant stays closed.

    Just days later, in August of 2021, the Patak Meat Processing facility burned near Atlanta. The media took notice because the family-owned business is beloved in its community locally, and its products are purchased nationwide.

    The fire in Georgia barely had a minor impact on the food supply chain nationwide. But, in September, a fire at JBS USA, a meat processing facility in Nebraska, threatened the meat supply for the entire nation profoundly. The plant reportedly processes about 5% of the nation's beef, and closure would directly impact the supply chain.

    The trend has continued repeatedly through the end of 2021 and into 2022.

    In February, Shearer's Food Processing Plant in Hermiston, Oregon, burned down, leaving two employees injured. On April 13, Taylor Farms Food Processing Plant in Salinas, California, burned and prompted evacuations. On April 19, the Headquarters of Azure Standard Food Processing Plant in Dufur, Oregon, also burned.

    People are beginning to notice because the fires are threatening an already stressed supply chain of food in the U.S...

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    All a coincidence, right?

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    Evil is afoot.

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    Augason Farms confirmed that the fire that burned their plant to the ground was ignited by corn catching fire. Apparently dried grains are highly flammable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highly Favoured View Post
    Augason Farms confirmed that the fire that burned their plant to the ground was ignited by corn catching fire. Apparently dried grains are highly flammable.
    The dust is highly flammable but mainly when it gets stirred up, like when you're moving it.

    Dry grain is not particularly flammable but if it's stored too damp, it will start to heat and eventually catch fire when it gets hot enough. Rare, but can happen.

    There are bins nowadays that aerate the grain to help remove the moisture and help the grain dry.

    I grew up on a farm and still live in a farming community.

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    I grew up on a farm and still live in a farming community.
    We believe you.

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    Sorry.

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    I use to think the conspiracy folks were nuts. But I started remembering what they said a decade ago about gas prices, inflation, vaccines, food shelves becoming more & more empty. I don't shrug these people off as quickly anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pentecali View Post
    I use to think the conspiracy folks were nuts. But I started remembering what they said a decade ago about gas prices, inflation, vaccines, food shelves becoming more & more empty. I don't shrug these people off as quickly anymore.
    Not as quickly anyways.

    Just 10 years ago the big story was gluten, gma's and nutrasweet diet coke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    Not as quickly anyways.

    Just 10 years ago the big story was gluten, gma's and nutrasweet diet coke.
    Is it the gluten or is it Monsanto's glyphosate??

    You can hardly buy anything that isn't gmo anymore. You can't even trust organic to be non gmo.

    And nutrasweet, aka aspartame, was poison when it was created and it's still poison but cleverly disguised under different names now.

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