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[quote user="Murphy Siding"]      Wouldn't it be more cost effective to ship the grain to China, and do the hog raising and pork processing there?  We have a Smithfield owned pland here in town- John Morrell.  About 20-25 years ago, the union meatcutters were making about $18 an hour.  After some "labor unrest", the company basically got rid of the union.  Starting wage now is in the $10 an hour range.  Wouldn't $10 an hour be off the chart for a packing plant worker in China?      There was discussion of how the hog business in this county is so efficient because it's run like a well oiled machine in a factory.  Doesn't China have a lot of factory experience? <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] For the time being, China’s weak link in pork production does seem to be the agricultural sector, while their manufacturing sector is more cost effective than ours with many products.  But I don’t see any reason why they cannot bring their ag sector up to the same level of competitiveness as ours, given some time.  Their only limitation is that they can’t keep up with their tremendous economic growth.
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