Regional and plant-size impacts of COVID-19 on beef processing
研究了COVID-19疫情期间美国牛肉加工行业的结构和表现，发现不同地区屠宰量变化与对大型加工厂的依赖程度有关，为政策讨论和未来研究提供参考。
During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. consumers witnessed changes in the volume and type of meat products available at retail and food service markets. Simultaneously, widening farm-to-wholesale price spreads fueled calls for industry change and several related policy proposals. The objective of this study is to document fed cattle slaughter and evaluate the structure and performance of the beef processing industry during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. For major beef-producing regions, the 2019-2020 change in federally inspected U.S. cattle slaughter volumes varied in isolated instances with regional reliance on larger processing facilities. Implications of this are discussed both for current policy and industry discussions, as well as to encourage additional future research.