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Assessing Impact of Packing Plant Utilization on Livestock Prices

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  • Tonsor, Glynn
  • Schulz, Lee

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As the agricultural sector continues to adapt to the situation presented by COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), a multitude of questions have developed. One critical development is broader recognition of the importance of ongoing operation of packing plants. This importance reflects the need to sustain ongoing production of meat and meat products for end-user consumption. Moreover, the importance of ongoing operation to ensure business continuity of livestockmarkets is top-of -mind for producers. While the unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic is evolving rapidly, the goal of this report is to provide big-picture guidance on how sensitive cattle and hog prices are to “regular” operation of packing plants. Some major potential concerns as both the beef and pork industries drift closer to maximum packing capacity are labor availability and temporary plant closures or reduction in shifts. There is a big difference between maximum physical, or rated, capacity and operational capacity with labor often being the driving factor.

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  • Tonsor, Glynn & Schulz, Lee, 2020. "Assessing Impact of Packing Plant Utilization on Livestock Prices," ISU General Staff Papers 20200404070000, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genstf:20200404070000
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    1. Jayson L. Lusk & Glynn T. Tonsor & Lee L. Schulz, 2021. "Beef and Pork Marketing Margins and Price Spreads during COVID‐19," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(1), pages 4-23, March.
    2. Mindy L. Mallory, 2021. "Impact of COVID‐19 on Medium‐Term Export Prospects for Soybeans, Corn, Beef, Pork, and Poultry," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(1), pages 292-303, March.
    3. Padilla, Samantha & Schulz, Lee L & Vaiknoras, Kate & MacLachlan, Matthew, 2021. "COVID-19 Working Paper: Changes in Regional Hog Slaughter During COVID-19," Administrative Publications 327340, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Christopher C. Pudenz & Lee L. Schulz, 2024. "Multi‐plant coordination in the U.S. beef packing industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 106(1), pages 382-415, January.
    5. Shalynn Sumrow & Darren Hudson & Oscar Sarasty & Carlos Carpio & Christy Bratcher, 2024. "Consumer preferences for worker and supply chain risk mitigation in the beef supply chain in response to COVID‐19 pandemic," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(1), pages 299-315, January.

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