Beef and Pork Producers Facing Unprecedented Threat From COVID-19 Pandemic

Cattle look out form a feedlot in Brooks, Alta., on Oct. 10, 2012. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

Canadian livestock groups say producers are suffering since COVID-19 outbreaks have caused closures and slowdowns at meat-processing plants across the country.

A backlog of animals waiting to be processed has farmers paying more to maintain their inventory and considering culls of their livestock.