Why Are Food Processing Plants Catching on Fire?

Have you noticed this trend?

My friends,

Biden said there would be difficult days ahead— from inflation to rising gas prices and even food shortages.

WOW… he really wasn’t joking.

However, while the media has been obsessing over things like the Johnny Depp trial instead of Biden’s failures, they’ve also neglected something that may deeply impact us all.

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From Timcast.com:

The fires began showing up regularly in the news after a fire closed a Tyson Foods meat processing plant in Kansas. The location was a primary beef processing location for the company and the U.S. supply chain, providing about 6% of U.S. beef. 

After the fire, analysts began speculating that the impact could drive up market prices for meat nationwide. Dan Norcini, part of the beef and poultry trading markets, said the cattle market would likely “respond negatively” to news of the fire. He said the long-term impact would depend on how long the plant stays closed.

Just days later, in August of 2021, the Patak Meat Processing facility burned near Atlanta. The media took notice because the family-owned business is beloved in its community locally, and its products are purchased nationwide. 

The fire in Georgia barely had a minor impact on the food supply chain nationwide. But, in September, a fire at JBS USA, a meat processing facility in Nebraska, threatened the meat supply for the entire nation profoundly. The plant reportedly processes about 5% of the nation’s beef, and closure would directly impact the supply chain. 

The trend has continued repeatedly through the end of 2021 and into 2022. 

In February, Shearer’s Food Processing Plant in Hermiston, Oregon, burned down, leaving two employees injured. On April 13, Taylor Farms Food Processing Plant in Salinas, California, burned and prompted evacuations. On April 19, the Headquarters of Azure Standard Food Processing Plant in Dufur, Oregon, also burned.

People are beginning to notice because the fires are threatening an already stressed supply chain of food in the U.S. 

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What do you believe is going on?

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Your humble servant,

Ben Stein

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