Also worth noting that meat processing plants in the US were temporarily shutting [1] down as well due to Covid, which was causing famers to start euthanizing l

Also worth noting that meat processing plants in the US were temporarily shutting [1] down as well due to Covid, which was causing famers to start euthanizing live stock [2]. The Trump administration took action [3] to compel those plants to open under the Defense Production Act, although it's unclear if the executive order would have withstood a legal challenge [4], it did have the desired effect and farming and food processing resumed. Had the government not interfered in the operation of meat processing we might have much higher meat prices as well not to mention we would have likely had the same issues with food supply chains for raising live stock. [1] - https://www.ers.usda.gov/covid-19/rural-america/meatpacking-industry/ https://www.ers.usda.gov/covid-19/rural-america/meatpacking-... [2] - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/coronavirus-devastates-agriculture-dumped-milk-euthanized-livestock.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/coronavirus-devastates-agric... [3] - https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/defense-production-act-executive-order-food-supply/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/defense-production-a... [4] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/04/trump-meat-processing-order/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/04/trump-meat...