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COVID-19 Amplifies Local Meat Supply Chain Issues in South Carolina
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Meat Processing OptionsApplied EconomicsVirus EpidemiologyLivestock ProductionAgricultural EconomicsCovid-19U.s. DepartmentSustainable AgricultureFood RegulationPublic HealthAnimal ProductionFood PolicyEconomicsRegional Food SystemsCovid-19 PandemicAnimal Health EconomicsAgricultural HistoryAnimal Waste ManagementFood SafetyFood RegulationsAnimal AgricultureSouth CarolinaFarm ManagementBusinessLivestock ProducersNatural Resource EconomicsMeat Science
First paragraph: Before COVID-19, livestock producers across the U.S. had been complaining to Congress about a lack of meat processing options closer to their farms (Swanson, 2015). Publications used examples of farmers shipping their animals hundreds of miles to be processed (Miles, 2012) and placed the blame on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and industry regulations (Linnekin, 2016). Others have warned that decades of consolidation of meat-processing facilities have left fewer reliable options for livestock farmers, threatening the farm-to-table economy (Shanker, 2017). . . .