Re: meat shortages, since news items regarding temporary processing plant closures have been in past notables and since MSM is already encouraging public panic about shortages

Yahoo News weighs in:

https://news.yahoo.com/beef-processors-closing-u-plants-102746935.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls South Dakota closure:

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/meat-processing-plant-closed-after-employees-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/285-f18e80a6-0244-421b-9554-d76c81c53f07?fbclid=IwAR3AACQSlt-Y2mButnNZPASjALp0Vj2d4eXCNrx20OEdPUwJmGdPxWkXhM0

Copy/paste from an acquaintance in Texas who is a cattle nutrition specialist been in the business of beef production for 30+ years. He's a solid dude, knows his field thoroughly, has spoken at many national & international conventions on cattle raising. I trust him.

"There have been a couple of plants that have temporarily closed due to CV infections. Likely they will reopen int he near future. Other processing plants (poultry/swine) have also closed. There is NO shortage of beef production from our own farmers/ranchers in addition to the fact that congress is once again allowing the importation of beef from countries like Brazil. This is not a good thing since it is hurting our domestic production prices. They are doing this as a concession to our good friends in the UN. (he's being sarcastic here)

Something to consider, a big meat processor (beef) will kill 2500 to 4500 head per day. If they shut down for 10 days (for instance) that means there are, on average, 35000 head of cattle that will not be slaughtered during that time frame. So they will continue to be fed and continue to grow, averaging, say, 3.0 lbs per head per day gain. So at the end of the 10 day period there will be around 75,000 lbs of extra beef now available. So again, this is not a production problem."