Poultry industry analyst Mark Jordan offers his assessment on some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. poultry industry. (Photo courtesy of Mark Jordan)
Production of chicken, as well as beef and pork, is down significantly due to the impacts of COVID-19.
Over the past month, serious concerns emerged about how well the American food supply chain can function with more meat processing plants slowing production or temporarily closing due to the virus. In a WATT Poultry Chat interview, Mark Jordan, executive director of LEAP Market Analytics, spoke about the current impacts on production capacity and meat prices.
For now, chicken production is down about 15% while beef and pork is down by at 30%, he said.
Jordan is a regular columnist for WATT PoultryUSA. You can read his latest Poultry Market Prospects column here.
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