As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory Floors May 1, 2020 With coronavirus outbreaks at two-thirds of the company’s beef processing plants, employees are asking, “Why didn’t they help protect us?” Esther Honig and Ted Genoways For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. On her…
OCM Calls for Breakup of Big Four Meatpackers May 30, 2020 LINCOLN, NE: Today, Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is calling for the breakup of the “Big Four” meatpacking companies: Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson. Together, these four companies control over 85% of the United States beef supply. Recent packing plant closures due to…
Ag industry tries to digest meatpacking order 04/29/20 5:40 PM By Philip Brasher and Spencer Chase President Donald Trump defended his actions to end a “bottleneck” in the food supply, but legal experts differed over whether an executive order aimed at ensuring meatpackers keep operating amid the coronavirus pandemic could override state and local objections…
Siouxland cattle farmers face challenges due to COVID-19 Local News by: Lydia Vazquez Posted: Apr 29, 2020 AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to More SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The closures of packing plants are causing a series of challenges for Iowa farmers. “We are losing…
Farmers Union Cites Concerns Over Executive Order on Meat Plants Unions across the country say the meat processing industry should have enacted adequate worker safeguards long before the pandemic. (Adobe Stock) April 30, 2020 MADISON, Wis. — At least 20 meat processing plants have closed temporarily across the country, including one in Wisconsin, following the…
Developing: Trump will order meat plants to remain open, citing Defense Production Act by Kate Cox + Joe Fassler 04.28.2020, 3:15pm AP Photo/Darron Cummings The announcement follows a high-profile plea from the chairman of Tyson Foods, one of the country’s largest meatpackers. Updated 3:26 PM EST. This is a developing story. Above: A Tyson Foods…
AS MEAT PLANTS SLOW, U.S. WILL HELP GROWERS KILL LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS HAVE WARNED SINCE MID-MARCH OF A POTENTIALLY RUINOUS BACKUP ON THE FARM OF CATTLE AND HOGS BECAUSE OF A SLOWDOWN AT SLAUGHTER PLANTS. By Chuck Abbott 4/27/2020 The government offered to help livestock producers locate contractors skilled in killing herds or flocks of animals…
As COVID-19 pandemic rocks meatpacking industry, Iowans turn to local farmers to buy meat Meg and Dave Schmidt have raised grass-fed cattle on their western Iowa farm for eight years, selling beef to a modest clientele they’ve accumulated without having to advertise. This year, the hunger for meat is threatening to outstrip the supply, as…
Farm Journal coverage of local demand The Push to Process Local is a Positive for Some Pork Producers by Tyne Morgan Apr 24, 2020 As more packing plants shut down, and consumers fear a shortage of protein at their grocery store, COVID-19 is causing a rush for demand for locally raised beef and pork. (…
‘The Food Supply Chain Is Breaking.’ Tyson Foods Warns of Meat Shortage as Plants Close Due to COVID-19 Sanya Mansoor April 26, 2020 Tyson Foods, one of the U.S.’s biggest meat processors, didn’t mince words in a full page New York Times spread that ran Sunday, in which they warned, “the food supply chain is…