Eastern Iowa Farmer Fall 2020
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coronavirus<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo / trevis Mayfield<br />
Donny Schroeder carefully backs up to load cattle that will be delivered to the Tyson plant in Joslin,<br />
Illinois. Many meat packers closed or slowed down in the spring because of coronavirus outbreaks.<br />
ground to a near halt, causing ethanol<br />
plants to stomp on the brakes. Livestock<br />
farmers, such as the Krukows,<br />
used byproducts from that industry as<br />
a feed additive for their cattle. Now<br />
it was hard to get or prohibitively<br />
expensive.<br />
Meat packing plants closed or<br />
slowed down as coronavirus spread<br />
through their work forces, meaning<br />
thousands of hogs, cattle, chickens<br />
and turkeys ready for market had no<br />
place to go as new animals put pressure<br />
on space and feed. And while<br />
the price tag on meat at the supermarket<br />
was skyrocketing – the cost<br />
of a pound of ground beef in May,<br />
$4.46, was the highest on record –<br />
prices for livestock were going the<br />
opposite direction. Dairy operators<br />
who provided milk and cheese to<br />
schools and restaurants saw their key<br />
markets dry up overnight.<br />
The impact of the pandemic left no<br />
stone unturned in the <strong>Iowa</strong> agriculture<br />
industry, said Chad Hart, a<br />
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