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UA experts tell Arkansas lawmakers COVID-19 disrupted processing, pushed down slaughter volumes and chick placements
Summary
University of Arkansas experts briefed the joint Agriculture Committee on COVID-19's effects: supply-chain disruptions, worker-safety challenges and large processing slowdowns that have driven a gap between farm and wholesale prices; speakers warned some effects could be long-term and outlined legal and assistance issues.
University of Arkansas researchers briefed the Joint House and Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Arkansas agriculture, citing major supply-chain disruptions and processing bottlenecks that have reduced slaughter and altered prices.
Mark Cochran, vice president of agriculture for the University of Arkansas system, said agriculture is diverse and significant to the state economy and outlined three pandemic impacts: disrupted supply chains as food service demand collapsed, worker-safety and labor availability problems, and a broader economic downturn reducing consumer…
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