Source: USA TODAY, 5/5/20


A week after President Donald Trump attempted to prop up the nation's meat supply chain through an executive order, the industry remains hobbled by plant closures and production losses, USA TODAY and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting found. At least seven coronavirus-affected meatpacking plants shut their doors since the April 28th executive order. That’s in line with the average of eight weekly plant closures in the month leading up to the order. 

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