The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in some confounding issues in the protein sector of U.S. agriculture. One of which is plenty of product with nowhere to go.

Meatpacking operations became hot spots of the coronavirus resulting in reduced production at dozens of beef and pork processing facilities and in many cases plant closures. The bottleneck in supply chains will be costly for both U.S. consumers and protein producers. 

Not much of the current scenario in…