Our Food Supply Chain

The Legislature’s Ag and Natural Resources Committee wants some pandemic relief aid directed to local meat processors.

South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson is both encouraged and disappointed by an investigative report on cattle prices.

As we continue our conversations on the pandemic's consequences for the food supply chain, we look at the economic impacts of meat plant closures.

The disruption in the supply food chain has been an issue for South Dakota farmers. The physical and emotional stress placed on these individuals is real.

COVID19 has left people working to source reasonably priced protein. Butchers in area lockers are not immune. Demand for their service is high.

The Smithfield meat packing plant in Sioux Falls had the nation's largest COVID-19 cluster in mid-April with hundreds sick. Its closure spawned concern for the meat supply chain.

Whenever I interview people in the cattle industry, I know it’s typically only a matter of time before they ask, “So, are you related to Wayne?” Or, “Are you related to Justin?”

Bill Even joined us to talk about how the pandemic has impacted hog producers and if weaknesses have been exposed in the pork supply chain.

A three-week shut down of Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls displaced about 300,000 hogs. And that has ripple effects across the industry.

South Dakota's U.S. Congressman Dusty Johnson joined us to discuss ways to alleviate the challenges COVID-19 has brought to the meat supply chain.

During the pandemic, the gap between the fortunes of producers and meatpacking companies is growing.