JBS USA on Monday announced the indefinite closure of its pork plant in Worthington, Minnesota, which employs more than 2,000 people. Smithfield’s Sioux Falls facility, where more than 780 of its 3,700 employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, on Thursday received guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on steps to take before it can reopen, including staggering shifts, physical spacing and better communication with workers, who speak 40 different languages.
Higher meat prices, fewer choices at supermarkets as slaughterhouses close over COVID-19 cases. For farmers, ‘some tough choices’ ahead.
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