For the past couple of weeks, Canada's livestock sector has been asking Ottawa for help to get through the current crisis with COVID 19.
Many packing plants where livestock producers usually send their animals, are either closed or at reduced shifts because of outbreaks among workers. That's been especially troubling for the pork industry, where hogs need to be shipped to market once they've reached the proper weight.
According to Dennis Laycraft of the CCA, agriculture has been moved to the "top of the list" when it comes to funding priorities for the federal government. The prime minister also hinted at that during one of his daily COVID update on the weekend. The PM said his government is looking at additional ways to support agriculture in the coming days.
If packing plants remain closed for too long, producers could lose hundreds of millions of dollars, and consumer will notice fewer meat choices at their grocery store.
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