Mike Pehanich
Fishing Tackle Retailer
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — December 2015 was a dismal month for pork futures.
That's the view from the tackle shop counter, not the trading pit at the Chicago Board of Trade, as the former Uncle Josh Bait Company – now Hard And Soft Fishing – made official a long-brewing decision to discontinue manufacture and sale of pork baits.
Supply issues forced the decision, according to the company.
"We couldn't get enough of the right raw product to keep up," explained Matt Bichanich, national sales manager for the Fort Atkinson, Wis.-based tackle manufacturer. "The quality of pork fat we require for our products has been in short supply for more than five years. It got to the point where 90 percent of the pork we purchased to make product went to waste."
Read the rest of this story in Fishing Tackle Retailer here.
Fishing Tackle Retailer
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — December 2015 was a dismal month for pork futures.
That's the view from the tackle shop counter, not the trading pit at the Chicago Board of Trade, as the former Uncle Josh Bait Company – now Hard And Soft Fishing – made official a long-brewing decision to discontinue manufacture and sale of pork baits.
Supply issues forced the decision, according to the company.
"We couldn't get enough of the right raw product to keep up," explained Matt Bichanich, national sales manager for the Fort Atkinson, Wis.-based tackle manufacturer. "The quality of pork fat we require for our products has been in short supply for more than five years. It got to the point where 90 percent of the pork we purchased to make product went to waste."
Read the rest of this story in Fishing Tackle Retailer here.
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