New Bedford Orders Blue Harvest to Cease Operations After Three Employees Test Positive for Coronavirus
The city’s Board of Health has ordered Blue Harvest Fisheries to shut down operations after three employees there tested positive for COVID-19. …
Month: April 2020
Survey Shows Crawfish Income Down, Season Shortened
Results from a survey of crawfish producers show that decreased demand for their product is resulting in lost income of about $ 500 an acre and a season that could end about 40 days sooner than usual in some cases. …
AMSA Announces Symposium Concurrent Speakers on the Future of Science and Innovation
The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is pleased to announce, Dr. John Schmidt and Kendra Waldbusser will be the featured speakers in the Concurrent Symposium over the Future of Science and Innovation at the 66th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST) and 73rd Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) in Orlando, Florida, USA. …
Pork Quarterly Q2 2020: Covid-19 Further Exacerbates Critical Situation for ASF-Affected Global Pork Industry
Consumer pork demand has suffered a near-term shock due to global quarantine measures, while the production and packing sectors are struggling with supply chain disruption, according to Rabobank’s latest Pork Quarterly, ‘Covid-19 Further Exacerbates Critical Situation for ASF-Affected Global Pork Industry.’ …
Smithfield Foods to Temporarily Close Monmouth, IL Plant
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced
April 24 that it will proactively suspend operations at its Monmouth, IL facility beginning next week and until further notice after a small portion of its 1,700 employees tested positive for COVID-19. The Monmouth plant represents approximately three percent of U.S. fresh pork supplies and also produces bacon. Employees will be paid during the closure. …
