Just in time for barbeque season, beef analysts expect changes in meat prices and supply in Canada following disruptions to the industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a two-week shutdown, Canada’s largest meat packing plant — Cargill in High River, Alta. — returned to work last week after dealing with a large COVID-19 outbreak among its employees.
However, the temporary shutdown created some havoc within the industry. A senior analyst with Canfax, Brian Perillat, said the industry will be dealing with the backlog of cattle from Cargill’s closure for quite some time. “We’ve still got a long way to climb out of this yet,” Perillat said. “When Cargill closed down we literally weren’t processing enough cattle in Canada despite being massive