Food supply chains starting to crack under Covid-19. | |
Torchie
User ID: 77354011 United States 04/12/2020 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | DELMARVA – A chicken company on Delmarva will be killing nearly two million chickens and not processing them for food because staffing is down amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the plant can’t keep up. 47 ABC confirmed the report on Friday with Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., although they would not say which company was behind the move. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76505057 [link to www.wmdt.com (secure)] that's here! untying the shoelaces of the internet one post at a time love tastes best from teal buckets go GIT in your STALL! a Spark does not fall far from the Torchie |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76505057 United States 04/12/2020 09:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Agreed! After some thought on that very subject the day after I started the thread and the anxiety I was creating for myself, all in an attempt to "warn" others, I decided to hold back from proceeding any further. So I have decided not to update this thread. I did what I thought was right sharing whats going on where I live. To continue be relaying information would only add to fear without any solutions to make things better. There are going to be obvious disruptions. Not going to play into fear any further Disagree. Those asleep need to wake up before solutions can be found. |
Torchie
User ID: 77354011 United States 04/12/2020 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I work as a data collection analyst for a major company. So its my job to search through reports for four to five hours every night and everything I read makes me want to shit in my pants. Quoting: Jmoore Just tonight I read an article about Canadian farmers warning about potential food shortages because they couldn't get migrant labors in order to plant crops. But that is just one example. Other examples in the turd world countries is that the governments aren't allowing the farmers to ship their products to markets. So the crops are basically rotting in the field. Or another example I saw the other night is that the EU returned a shipment back to Uruguay of about 1,200 lbs of premium meats due to lack of demand. i.e. meat that normally goes to expensive restaurants and hotels. Or another example I saw a couple of days ago where cocoa farmers are facing hardships because the cost of cocoa is dropping below the cost that it takes for them to grow it. And another example that I read that there were two major meat packers in the country that had to close down in order to sanitize the place because a worker got diagnosed with covid. Let me ask you how can businesses keep doing this and stay in business with a disease like this especially when sanitizing chemicals are in short supply? Imagine a company owner and having to close for 48 hours every few days. So please people if you haven't started preparations you better. Don't be like the fuck tards that think this is gonna get better because it won't. Think about it for a second. They are using this virus as an excuse to shut down the worlds economy, and they are letting prisoners lose in order to create a crisis like the world has never seen before. Imagine how desperate people will get when unemployment reaches over 30% and there are no government checks coming to feed you or your children. Now add a bunch of criminal scum that had no issue robbing, raping and killing during the best of times but now its the worst of times.. wtf do you think those criminals will be doing? Think long and hard. Trump is the only one talking about getting rid of the lockdowns soon. Where as the Democrats and the media the only thing they know is lock it down and those fuckers are talking about locking us down till sometime in June. News flash this shit has only been going on for a few weeks and unemployment has jumped to 14 percent and at this level states are having difficulty paying for those benefits. But when it reaches 30% the states won't have money nor will you be able to find a job. So if you have money do whatever you can to prepare even if its picking up some more pasta, beans and rice at the grocery store each time you visit. And if you have a job and overtime is available snag up as much as you can handle because that job might not be there in a couple more months. Excellent post. Green for you! i'll share my apples, too! untying the shoelaces of the internet one post at a time love tastes best from teal buckets go GIT in your STALL! a Spark does not fall far from the Torchie |
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jikwan
User ID: 72436280 Thailand 04/12/2020 10:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I work as a data collection analyst for a major company. So its my job to search through reports for four to five hours every night and everything I read makes me want to shit in my pants. Quoting: Jmoore Just tonight I read an article about Canadian farmers warning about potential food shortages because they couldn't get migrant labors in order to plant crops. But that is just one example. Other examples in the turd world countries is that the governments aren't allowing the farmers to ship their products to markets. So the crops are basically rotting in the field. Or another example I saw the other night is that the EU returned a shipment back to Uruguay of about 1,200 lbs of premium meats due to lack of demand. i.e. meat that normally goes to expensive restaurants and hotels. Or another example I saw a couple of days ago where cocoa farmers are facing hardships because the cost of cocoa is dropping below the cost that it takes for them to grow it. And another example that I read that there were two major meat packers in the country that had to close down in order to sanitize the place because a worker got diagnosed with covid. Let me ask you how can businesses keep doing this and stay in business with a disease like this especially when sanitizing chemicals are in short supply? Imagine a company owner and having to close for 48 hours every few days. So please people if you haven't started preparations you better. Don't be like the fuck tards that think this is gonna get better because it won't. Think about it for a second. They are using this virus as an excuse to shut down the worlds economy, and they are letting prisoners lose in order to create a crisis like the world has never seen before. Imagine how desperate people will get when unemployment reaches over 30% and there are no government checks coming to feed you or your children. Now add a bunch of criminal scum that had no issue robbing, raping and killing during the best of times but now its the worst of times.. wtf do you think those criminals will be doing? Think long and hard. Trump is the only one talking about getting rid of the lockdowns soon. Where as the Democrats and the media the only thing they know is lock it down and those fuckers are talking about locking us down till sometime in June. News flash this shit has only been going on for a few weeks and unemployment has jumped to 14 percent and at this level states are having difficulty paying for those benefits. But when it reaches 30% the states won't have money nor will you be able to find a job. So if you have money do whatever you can to prepare even if its picking up some more pasta, beans and rice at the grocery store each time you visit. And if you have a job and overtime is available snag up as much as you can handle because that job might not be there in a couple more months. Sounds about right COVID-19 JUST TESTED POSATIVE FOR FRAUD |
Wolf 1776
User ID: 76620885 United States 04/13/2020 12:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I work as a data collection analyst for a major company. So its my job to search through reports for four to five hours every night and everything I read makes me want to shit in my pants. Quoting: Jmoore Just tonight I read an article about Canadian farmers warning about potential food shortages because they couldn't get migrant labors in order to plant crops. But that is just one example. Other examples in the turd world countries is that the governments aren't allowing the farmers to ship their products to markets. So the crops are basically rotting in the field. Or another example I saw the other night is that the EU returned a shipment back to Uruguay of about 1,200 lbs of premium meats due to lack of demand. i.e. meat that normally goes to expensive restaurants and hotels. Or another example I saw a couple of days ago where cocoa farmers are facing hardships because the cost of cocoa is dropping below the cost that it takes for them to grow it. And another example that I read that there were two major meat packers in the country that had to close down in order to sanitize the place because a worker got diagnosed with covid. Let me ask you how can businesses keep doing this and stay in business with a disease like this especially when sanitizing chemicals are in short supply? Imagine a company owner and having to close for 48 hours every few days. So please people if you haven't started preparations you better. Don't be like the fuck tards that think this is gonna get better because it won't. Think about it for a second. They are using this virus as an excuse to shut down the worlds economy, and they are letting prisoners lose in order to create a crisis like the world has never seen before. Imagine how desperate people will get when unemployment reaches over 30% and there are no government checks coming to feed you or your children. Now add a bunch of criminal scum that had no issue robbing, raping and killing during the best of times but now its the worst of times.. wtf do you think those criminals will be doing? Think long and hard. Trump is the only one talking about getting rid of the lockdowns soon. Where as the Democrats and the media the only thing they know is lock it down and those fuckers are talking about locking us down till sometime in June. News flash this shit has only been going on for a few weeks and unemployment has jumped to 14 percent and at this level states are having difficulty paying for those benefits. But when it reaches 30% the states won't have money nor will you be able to find a job. So if you have money do whatever you can to prepare even if its picking up some more pasta, beans and rice at the grocery store each time you visit. And if you have a job and overtime is available snag up as much as you can handle because that job might not be there in a couple more months. :wolf_footer_msg: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76485720 United States 04/13/2020 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Smithfield Foods CEO “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply. It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running. These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers. These farmers have nowhere to send their animals,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, for Smithfield. [link to www.smithfieldfoods.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61153477 United States 04/13/2020 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Smithfield Foods CEO Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76485720 “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply. It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running. These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers. These farmers have nowhere to send their animals,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, for Smithfield. [link to www.smithfieldfoods.com (secure)] Im wondering if this Smithfield Foods closure as well as other meat packing plants is a clue livestock is carrying the disease. I know they are not saying that, but is it possible? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76485720 United States 04/13/2020 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Smithfield Foods CEO Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76485720 “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply. It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running. These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers. These farmers have nowhere to send their animals,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, for Smithfield. [link to www.smithfieldfoods.com (secure)] Im wondering if this Smithfield Foods closure as well as other meat packing plants is a clue livestock is carrying the disease. I know they are not saying that, but is it possible? Tigers got it. So anything is possible. BTW - I was critical of the tiger testing until I saw they created their own test at the zoo so as to not use human tests. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78786391 United States 04/13/2020 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Smithfield Foods CEO Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76485720 “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply. It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running. These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers. These farmers have nowhere to send their animals,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, for Smithfield. [link to www.smithfieldfoods.com (secure)] Isn't Smithfield Farms the one that is now majority owned by the Chinese, and they announced a week or two ago that they were going to pull rank and force all current and future production to be exported to China to help feed their own population? There was a thread on GLP about it, but I might be getting the meat producer wrong. |
Hitokiri
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78786391 United States 04/13/2020 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Smithfield Foods CEO Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76485720 “The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply. It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running. These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation’s livestock farmers. These farmers have nowhere to send their animals,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, for Smithfield. [link to www.smithfieldfoods.com (secure)] Isn't Smithfield Farms the one that is now majority owned by the Chinese, and they announced a week or two ago that they were going to pull rank and force all current and future production to be exported to China to help feed their own population? There was a thread on GLP about it, but I might be getting the meat producer wrong. Yeah it was them. Here is the link I was thinking of. If this is all true their coronavirus outbreaks and shutdowns will likely hurt the Chinese more than Americans. Thread: American Food Supply Collapse: China pulls ownership rank on Smithfield, ships all pork out of US to feed its own. |
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Lady Jayne Smith
Forum Administrator 04/13/2020 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He just left to go to work a 12 hour shift at a food processing plant in the Midwest, If what he says is true( which I believe it is) then he is warning about plants shutting down because of sick workers. Yep, I am following it myself. Thanks for the information, it was helpful. Prayers for the OP. And I also been gathering information on it too. But like everything else, we doomed ourselves already a very very long time ago. Big Corporations and less and less facilities. It is all real sad. Then you have specific industry classifications and with the restaurants closed, tons and tons food lost cause no one to buy it. Really sad too again. I can go on and on but really, thanks for the information. Yes and schools are not going to be going back until fall, maybe. I just seems to me that they could put cases of lunch milk on an empty shelf, at least there would be something( even if it came in little cartons, and the produce could be picked by consumers. We have several orchards and fruit farms around here that will just charge by the bushel, or sell beans and other veg by the pound. It is sad that most people would be to lazy to pick it themselves. Such people are not going to make it long term. Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" the warrior whispers back "I am the storm" INTJ-A |
Lady Jayne Smith
Forum Administrator 04/13/2020 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I call bs, with all the hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars shut think of all the food not being used as normal. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78169088 Do you think all the people who were eating in restaurants are just not eating now? Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" the warrior whispers back "I am the storm" INTJ-A |
Lady Jayne Smith
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78790524 United Kingdom 04/13/2020 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | been weakening for several years due to poor harvests emergency back uo food has now run out what we grow is what we eat and thats likely to not be enough as crops continue to fail and farmers sell up covid is just something else to blame it on |
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LD50
User ID: 78387225 United States 04/13/2020 01:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is true that packaging is a challenge right now. I run the supply chain for a small pharma company. The company that makes our bottles is in Toronto Canada and they have extended production of bottles (and other containers they supply) for an additional 4 weeks (that's on top of their standard 6-8 weeks production time). Luckily, we got on it early and tripled our bottle order volumes when this thing first came out so we're covered for 2-3 mos of production until this all blows over. Any buyer/planner who didn't see this coming should find a line of work that better resonates for them. |
Legna Angel
User ID: 14107419 United States 04/13/2020 01:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Agreed! After some thought on that very subject the day after I started the thread and the anxiety I was creating for myself, all in an attempt to "warn" others, I decided to hold back from proceeding any further. So I have decided not to update this thread. I did what I thought was right sharing whats going on where I live. To continue be relaying information would only add to fear without any solutions to make things better. There are going to be obvious disruptions. Not going to play into fear any further I am glad you said that. It is really hard. Thank you and God bless. My two cents, It’s been Real, it’s been Nice, but I can’t say it’s been Real Nice! :anon: Thread: Found another countdown site. #MyOpinion2024 Vote #Trump2020 |
Legna Angel
User ID: 14107419 United States 04/13/2020 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My two cents, It’s been Real, it’s been Nice, but I can’t say it’s been Real Nice! :anon: Thread: Found another countdown site. #MyOpinion2024 Vote #Trump2020 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61153477 United States 04/13/2020 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the Food Chain the Canary in the coal mine? Food Chain, it made my brain hurt to work this backwards and then forwards...I probably missed things, but here it is: The Farmer, is he well enough to plant/harvest? Does he have all the machinery, equipment, in working order. Does he have the seeds, the fertilizer, weed control, etc. Crops have been harvested, are there Trucks/Truckers available to take to markets? The Rancher, is he well enough to tend to livestock? Does he have enough food, etc. for livestock? Are there trucks/truckers to take livestock to processors? Processors, are they open? Do they have the workforce they need? Processors also need supplies to process and package the meats/ chicken/ other finished products. Are those supplies available, has that workforce been let go furloughed? Semi Prepared Foods, Canned foods, boxed food goods, baked goods all would have similar, although not identical concerns. Every aspect of the food chain relies upon so many other businesses. Producers, supplies, transportation. Workers, workforce at every step. Transportation in between every step. This can be said of almost any industry. No idea what goes into Toilet Paper start to finish to market, if anyone wants to do that one! Its not food but, apparently critical. |
Legna Angel
User ID: 14107419 United States 04/13/2020 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is the Food Chain the Canary in the coal mine? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 61153477 Food Chain, it made my brain hurt to work this backwards and then forwards...I probably missed things, but here it is: The Farmer, is he well enough to plant/harvest? Does he have all the machinery, equipment, in working order. Does he have the seeds, the fertilizer, weed control, etc. Crops have been harvested, are there Trucks/Truckers available to take to markets? The Rancher, is he well enough to tend to livestock? Does he have enough food, etc. for livestock? Are there trucks/truckers to take livestock to processors? Processors, are they open? Do they have the workforce they need? Processors also need supplies to process and package the meats/ chicken/ other finished products. Are those supplies available, has that workforce been let go furloughed? Semi Prepared Foods, Canned foods, boxed food goods, baked goods all would have similar, although not identical concerns. Every aspect of the food chain relies upon so many other businesses. Producers, supplies, transportation. Workers, workforce at every step. Transportation in between every step. This can be said of almost any industry. No idea what goes into Toilet Paper start to finish to market, if anyone wants to do that one! Its not food but, apparently critical. plenty of toilet paper, manufacturing loves you lol My two cents, It’s been Real, it’s been Nice, but I can’t say it’s been Real Nice! :anon: Thread: Found another countdown site. #MyOpinion2024 Vote #Trump2020 |
LightAnchor
User ID: 78790736 United States 04/13/2020 02:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a retired lady who is volunteering and starting a community garden here where I live. I'm not going to wait until there is no food available I'm going to start growing it this year. [link to m.facebook.com (secure)] LightAnchor |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76485720 United States 04/13/2020 02:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The amount of waste is staggering. The nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, estimates that farmers are dumping as many as 3.7 million gallons of milk each day. A single chicken processor is smashing 750,000 unhatched eggs every week. [link to www.chicagotribune.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69673574 United States 04/13/2020 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | PA here. Not Philly or Pittsburgh. Outside one of the smaller cities. Went today, no truly empty shelves noted outside of TP and cleaning supplies. They did have paper napkins. Produce and fresh fruit were in abundance. Same with frozen meats and seafood. Canned veggies were plentiful. Same with bread. Oddly, turkey bacon was out of stock but there were 15 kinds of pig bacon. Lots of prepackaged deli meat. Contact lens solution was all but sold out. No liquid hand soap. Regular unleaded is $1.99, but we're a high gas tax state. |
MarPep
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Pooka
User ID: 47917533 United States 04/13/2020 05:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A sterling, sterling retort. Lady Jayne, you are always a winner. Thanks for making my day. Prayer is the most powerful force on earth. “I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln I sign all karma given. Would that those giving it to me followed suit. |