4-5% of pork production. How much will pork go up at the grocery store today? 20-30%? Smtihfield’s has several other Plants.
I guess I’ll get the roast beef today.
There are several plants with outbreaks
Smithfield, in SD (293 cases, closed)
JBS in Greeley, CO (2, deaths, 14 hospitalized, 300 sick)
JBS in Grand Island, NE (28 sick)
JBS in Souderton, PA (shut until April 16)
Cargill in Hazelton, PA (160 test positive, closed until further notice)
Tyson in Camilla, GA - 3 deaths ? infections
Tyson in Columbus Junction, IA (24 cases, Closed for a week)
National Beef Packing Co, Tampa, IA (shut until April 13)
Aurora Packing Company, Aurora, IL (closed until ?)
Sanderson Farms Inc, Moultrie, Georgia (reducing operations by 300k birds)
CANADA
Harmony Beef in Alberta (shut two days)
Maple Leaf Foods (3 cases, closed)
Olymel pork plant in Quebec, shut March 29 (50 workers sick)
A thread with source links and updates is here: https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/united-states-2019-ncov/846612-meat-plants-shutting-down-for-cleaning-smithfield-shutting-u-s-pork-plant-indefinitely-warns-of-meat-shortages-during-pandemic?p=848712#post848712
“4-5% of pork production. How much will pork go up at the grocery store today? 20-30%? Smtihfield’s has several other Plants.”
Bet a lot of that pork was going directly to China, anyway.