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In reply to the discussion: U.S. Could Be Weeks From Meat Shortages With Shutdowns Spreading [View all]
marble falls
(71,936 posts)25. Shortage my aunt Mimi's tutu ...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meat-piles-up-as-production-grows-and-exports-slow-1532268000
2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow
Profits, prices are threatened as record amounts of red meat and poultry fill U.S. warehouses
By Jacob Bunge
July 22, 2018 10:00 am ET
Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.
Rest of the story at link.
2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow
Profits, prices are threatened as record amounts of red meat and poultry fill U.S. warehouses
By Jacob Bunge
July 22, 2018 10:00 am ET
Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.
Rest of the story at link.
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U.S. Could Be Weeks From Meat Shortages With Shutdowns Spreading [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2020
OP
With so many restaurants closed or seeing reduced business wouldn't that take some pressure off?
totodeinhere
Apr 2020
#6
the meat packing pkants are Covid nests now. It's not for lack of buyers that they are shut down.
TeamPooka
Apr 2020
#29
Restaurants will probably be the hardest hit economically if there is a shortage. nt
yaesu
Apr 2020
#10
We'd be wise to get wiser about the planet. The pandemic is dramatically reducing
JudyM
Apr 2020
#52
Every minute that we have a complete buffoon as president makes elements of this crisis worse.
Yavin4
Apr 2020
#26
Yes, we need it but the Republicans in the House and Senate will not agree to remove him so we need
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#28
How do you figure that? The virus itself while severe is not severe enough to wipe us out.
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#33
This is why we are probably going to have to open everything back up before this is contained
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#27
2$ a pound here. Not that its a big deal for us as over the past 7 years we have cut our meat
cstanleytech
Apr 2020
#35
I'm fine eating beans but I'm worried about a breakdown in the cat food supply chain.
femmedem
Apr 2020
#46