Maybe I'm a skeptic but I see these plants like Tyson using this as a way to make more money.
Step 1 - Tell everyone that the meat supplies are going to dry up and create a panic buy like the great toilet paper rush of 2020.
Step 2 - Close a few plant and tell farmers they can't buy their products because of low production. This creates price drop from the surplus animals.
Step 3 - Step back and enjoy the money from higher prices, lower labor, and lower supply costs.
I won't be buying Tyson again.
What's that phrase that gets tossed around? "Never let a good crisis go to waste."
The meat packing plants definitely have a problem with the virus going around, so it probably is a good thing to close them for a while. That doesn't mean that Tyson won't take advantage of it in the meantime, I just don't think it's the primary reason they're closing plants. But I could be wrong
