COVID-19 Working Paper: COVID-19 and the U.S. Meat and Poultry Supply Chains

by Kate Vaiknoras, William Hahn, Samantha Padilla, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, and Grace Grossen

This working paper outlines the impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. meat and poultry supply chains in 2020, describing how the industry reacted to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and adapted during the ongoing crisis.

Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, meat processing, slaughter, livestock, poultry, supply chains, wholesale prices, retail prices, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, IRI data, cold storage

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