The specter of rising protein prices keeps 2013 hanging in the balance — is there a light at the end of this economic tunnel, or is it another train ready to beat the industry down?
The saying goes that there’s a light at the end of every tunnel. It means that even the darkest of times will come to a bright, positive end. The cynical response to that saying, however, is that the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes ends up being a train.
One couldn’t blame the meat industry for believing it’s been hit by said train recently.