Inside the small-scale Iowa abattoir Stanhope Locker and Market, owner Shaunna Zanker yawns with exhaustion as she listens to yet another farmer asking her to slaughter his pigs.
Workers prepare chicken at Buckeye Poultry in Greenwich, Ohio, U.S., May 13, 2020 as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues. REUTERS/Dane Rhys
Since 1946, this Stanhope, Iowa, shop – one of 1,500 independent American slaughterhouses - has processed a few farm animals from local farms each week and sold cuts of beef and pork to the public. The consumer rush for meat is straining supplies at TL Keller Meats in Litchfield, Ohio, and forced them for the first time ever to ration sales: Five pounds of ground beef per person and two packs of burger patties per family.
The farms where cattle are raised to slaughter-ready weight, known as feedlots, are being turned away by the big plants, which have a backlog of cattle. Like other Alberta butchers, Barrett is also busy cutting meat for farms that are suddenly doing booming sales directly to consumers. “They’re in a tough spot because they’re small and they’re at the bottom of the list to get that kill spot at these big plants,” said Hoven, whose meat sales have tripled.At Uniontown, Alabama-based BDA Farm, sales have jumped more than 800% in two months, said partner Allen Williams.
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