20 Biggest
Changes in the Industry
Over the ppast 20 yyears it is safe to sayy that the swine industryy has changed g dramatically! In no pparticular order,, here are the 20 biggest gg changes g that I feel have occurred in the industry over thiss time.. 1. Cost of shipping semeen ri rise ses dra drramatical a ly! 20 years ago it cost the sam me to to ship hip a pa hi p ckagee to Indianaa that it didd too Ca Caliifo f rnia iaa…n …now ow UPS (an a d ot othe h r carr rrie rieerrss) charges by destinaatiion on zip ipp codde as wel elll as dim men ensi sion onnal a wei e gh g t (ssiz ize off thee pac a kagee). It now cos osts $60-655 dollars moree for PSS SS to ship ip to Caalilifforn rnia ia than haan it didd in 19 1 95 95. That wouldd bee nearly a 300% 0 increasse 0% over 200 yeear a s! 2. COD shi h pm men ents & bad ad che hecks decr crea ease se drraama matti ticaalllly! y!! Duue to the he inc n reas assing poopu pula laririty ty of Credditi & Deb ebititt Car a ds ds thee use se of CO OD shi shipme sh ipment meents ntts ha hass al alll bu but be been en elim im minnat ated e . Our baadd check ckks haave dropped 100-fo fold fo old durrinng th this is tim ime. e 3. Web ebssite adv d er erti tisi sing si n 7KH EL ELUW UWK K RRI WKH KH LQWWHUQH QHWW FK FKDQJH K HV DG D YHHUW DG UWLV LVVLQ LQJ J IR IRRUHYH UHYHHU U 36 3 66 ZDV WKH KH ¿UV UVW W WER ERDU DU VWX WXG G WR JHWW D ZHEEVLWHH EDF DFFN LQ 19988. Now virtual ally al lyy everyy bre reed ederr and nd boa oarr st stud ud has a the h irr own web ebsitess an a d Fa F ceebo book ok fan pagge. e With the click of a butto uttto t n ne new ph p otoss can a be sh s ar ared e witithh 110000’s off po pote tent ntia nt iall cu ia custom omer errs! s 4. Col o or ored d pho h to tos & ca c ta talogs! 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